Brooke doesn't like Republicans. She meets Kayla, a new classmate, and feels like they have nearly everything in common; they immediately become friends. When Kayla invites Brooke to join her at a rally in support of a Republican candidate, Brooke is shocked to realize she had made an incorrect assumption about her new friend's political views. This is an example of which of the following heuristics?
A. Availability
B. Algorithm
C. Representativeness
D. Affective
Answer: D
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Bremer (1937) found that if the brain stem is cut between the medulla and the spinal cord, the animal:
a. sleeps constantly b. goes through its normal wake-sleep cycle c. is no longer able to sleep d. cannot perform the inverted-U function
Charles has recently come back from the war. While there he was severely injured when a bomb blew up the truck he was in (everyone else in the truck was killed). Since coming home two months ago, he has been having nightmares and flashbacks where he reexperiences the bombing. He is also easily startled and very anxious. He went to see his doctor and was diagnosed as having
A. dissociative identity disorder. B. a personality disorder. C. posttraumatic stress disorder. D. acute stress disorder.
Discuss dreams. What are the theories proposed to explain why people dream? Include a discussion of the importance of REM sleep. What is a lucid dream and how does it relate to the theories of why people dream?
What will be an ideal response?
Eysenck's account of personality factors
a. has not been well-received by other personality researchers. b. has been well-received by other researchers because of its repeated confirmation. c. is primarily a cognitive theory. d. has been well received by other researchers because of its basis inbehavioral theory. e. is primarily a social-psychological theory.