Abigail is learning a complex new computer program in her Computers in the Real World class. She finds that she made fewer errors when she was working alone than when she is in class. This difference in her performance can best be explained by the principle of ____.?
a. ?descriptive norms
b. ?social interference
c. ?deindividuation
d. ?social loafing
ANSWER:
b
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Most of the research on personality reported in the textbook is based on studies with people
A. from individualistic cultures. B. from collectivist cultures. C. with a strong sense of self. D. who prefer cooperation to competition.
Which of the following is true regarding the effects of culture on the brain?
a. Bilingual people may use different parts of their brains for their two languages. b. Illiterate individuals tend to have more white matter in a part of the parietal cortex. c. Technological literacy cannot affect brain activity. d. The patterns of brain activity during mathematical processing are the same in all humans.
Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?
a. A child learns to blink her eyes to a bell because the ringing of the bell has been followed by a puff of air to the eye. b. A pigeon learns to peck at a disk in a Skinner box to get food. c. Rich saw that when Donna banged her fist against a particular vending machine, she got a free soft drink, so now he bangs his fist against that machine when he wants a free soft drink. d. A monkey learns to escape from a cage.
A good example of a psychosurgery performed today that has an acceptable success rate is the ____
a. ?implantation of deep brain stimulators in patients with Parkinson’s disease b. ?severing of nerves that connect the frontal lobe to the rest of the brain c. ?removal of the amygdala in patients with severe fears and emotional responses d. ?rerouting of dopamine pathways in the brain to decrease addictive tendencies