You want to ask your friend Maya to help you with your sorority's float for the competition in the homecoming parade next week. Maya is extremely reliable and trustworthy, but she is totally swamped with her internship and upcoming midterm exams. You decide not to ask her since she might be too busy to follow through. According to Kurt Lewin's analysis of human behavior, knowing that Maya is
reliable is an example of "____" information, and knowing she is busy is an example of "____" information.
a. person; situation
b. situation; person
c. social; nonsocial
d. nonsocial; social
A
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A. Alertness and the testing situation can influence an individual's thresholds. B. We now know that absolute threshold is influenced by the JND. C. Because the concept of absolute threshold was found to be invalid. D. Because his definition of the absolute threshold did not differ significantly from the difference threshold.
The "imagery debate" is concerned with whether imagery
A. actually exists. B. can be used to inform nonvisual sensory systems. C. is identical for all people. D. is based on spatial or language mechanisms.
According to the "black box" analysis, people and other organisms' behavior and learning are ________ in terms of _______ stimuli
a) insignificant; external b) observable; external c) significant; internal d) unobservable; internal
Which of the following was NOT an area in which gender differences were found by Maccoby and Jacklin?
A. verbal ability B. aggression C. mathematical ability D. touch sensitivity