Irene considers herself to be an environmentalist, and she wants to reduce her carbon footprint
One day, her husband comes home and says that he sold their electric lawn mower and used the money, plus some savings, to by a new, powerful gasoline-powered mower. Irene is shocked, but when she uses the mower, she decides that she really likes it. This makes her feel uneasy, so she reminds herself of all the good environmental work she has done in the past. Irene is engaging in ________. a) self-affirmation
b) trivialization
c) insufficient justification
d) reactance
a
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A. mean and standard deviation B. median and difference scores C. mode and correlation D. proportion and percentage
When light from a flashlight is moved quickly back and forth on a wall in a darkened room, it can appear to observers that there is a trail of light moving across the wall, even though physically the light is only in one place at any given time. This experience is an effect of memory that occurs because of
A. a visual delay effect. B. echoic memory. C. persistence of vision. D. top-down processing.
Allan gingerly puts his fingertips on the hot handle of the skillet in which he's cooking supper, but he instantly pulls his hand away. His reaction is due to the functioning of the ______
a. limbic system b. medulla c. spinal cord d. hypothalamus
By the age of 11, the average child is almost
A) 4 feet tall. B) 4 1/4 feet tall. C) 4 1/2 feet tall. D) 4 3/4 feet tall.