The first doctoral dissertation in psychology to use animal subjects was that of ____
a. ?Washburn
b. ?Turner
c. ?Watson
d. ?Thorndike
e. ?Yerkes
d
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By asking people to pay attention to and record their feelings and perceptions of an event, Wilhelm Wundt used the method of _____ to analyze the basic structure of conscious experience.
A) natural selection B) brain scanning C) introspection D) reinforcement
In a study in which infants were exposed to a mobile, those who looked at a mobile that
remained stationary a. kept trying to make it move. b. turned their heads to avoid looking at it. c. did not learn to control its movements when given the opportunity. d. were more easily frustrated by difficult problems later. e. were not able to easily focus on its detailed features.
Cindy has taken the bus to and from school for the past three weeks. Today, however, she misses the bus and has to walk. Cindy has never had to walk to school before, but she makes it to school without a single wrong turn. This demonstrates
A. insight. B. latent learning. C. observational learning. D. vicarious experience.
According to the authors, every time we make a decision, we experience some amount of dissonance. Why?
a. After people invest effort, they are motivated to second-guess themselves. b. The rejected alternative is seldom completely positive. c. The chosen alternative is seldom completely positive. d. People seldom seek out objective information before decision-making.