Which of the following reflects the optimistic bias?
A. an author overestimating the number words he will write in a day
B. a teacher overestimating the number of children who will be absent
C. a plumber overestimating the number of spiders in a crawl space
D. an astronaut overestimating the length of time need to do a repair to the ship
Answer: A
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a. is less likely than mild punishment to inspire cognitive dissonance. b. leads to attitude change only when a self-affirmation is possible. c. causes dissonance-induced physiological arousal to increase. d. changes behavior only when attitudes change as well.
Which of the following describes the correct order for myelination from start to finish?
a. forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord b. hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain, spinal cord c. spinal cord, forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain d. spinal cord, hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
How are the sense of smell and the sense of touch similar?
A. Initial exposure to the stimulus occurs on skin. B. Chemical stimuli are converted to electrical signals. C. Neural gateways block unpleasant sensory experiences. D. Each sense utilizes three type of specialized receptor cells.
The _____ area in the brain acts as a final "switching station" for most incoming sensory information
a. superior colliculus b. reticular formation c. autonomic nervous system d. thalamus e. medulla