Imagine standing in line at a store and having a stranger in
front of you say, "Lately I have been thinking about how I really feel about myself. I think I am pretty well adjusted, but I occasionally have some questions about my sexual adequacy." This person has just illustrated
a. overdisclosure.
b. mutual exchange.
c. social comparison.
d. the actor-observer bias.
ANSWER: a
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a. sociocultural b. distribution of consumption c. proscriptive d. harm reduction
When Tom's sister burned herself playing with matches, she cried for a long time. A by-product of this experience was that Tom also learned not to play with matches. Tom's learning experience is an example of:
A) observational learning. B) classical conditioning. C) operant conditioning. D) intermittent reinforcement.
Researchers took photographs of different faces, cut them down the middle vertically, and pasted different halves together to form composite faces. The reconstructed photographs were flashed quickly to split-brain patients. It was found that the split-bra
a. name the person in the left part of the image and point with the right hand to the left image. b. name the person in the right part of the image and point with the left hand to the left image. c. name the person in the right part of the image and point with the right hand to the left image. d. name the person in the left part of the image and point with the left hand to the right image.
At the beginning of the football season, Alex tells his friends
that there are several different teams that could win the Super Bowl, and he makes compelling arguments for why each one is a contender. His logic is so strong that his buddies fail to realize that he has not actually made a real prediction. If one of his many choices wins the championship, he may look like he had ESP! Alex's friends are falling for a technique of psychics called _____. Fill in the blank with correct word