The actor-observer effect is adaptive because it allows us to bolster and maintain our self-esteem and project a sense of self-importance and confidence to the world
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
F
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In TAT interpretation, the environmental forces that interfere with or facilitate the satisfaction of various needs are called
a. press. b. external stimuli. c. themes. d. determiners.
The life span approach strives to identify
a. interactions of individuals that produce prejudice and discrimination b. patterns of transition and transformation from one period of life to another c. individual differences in biological factors that lead to maladaptation d. uncommon bonds among groups of people that lead to hostility between societies
If you rehearse the Gettysburg Address until you have learned it to perfection, you can expect your memory for it to be
a. fleeting and likely to disappear within hours. b. available only in special situations. c. relatively permanent but subject to revision. d. fixed in a neural substrate and available unless the brain is subjected to damage or disease.
A key characteristic of a pseudoscience is that its theories are:
a) frequently discarded. b) formulated and revised as needed. c) untestable. d) seldom believed by the general public.