Larry was daydreaming the day his first grade teacher presented the math lesson that 5 + 5 = 10. Later, Larry was not able to recall this information, most likely because of which disruption?

A. He never understood it.
B. He never encoded it.
C. He never rehearsed it.
D. He never visualized it.


Answer: B

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A. altered state of consciousness B. waking consciousness C. self-awareness D. intelligence

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When Stoner (1961) compared the average decision of a group's individual members against their group decision generated through group discussion, he found that

a. group members ignored the discussion and maintained their original decision. b. individuals arrived at riskier decisions than groups. c. groups arrived at riskier decisions than individuals. d. the longer the discussion continued, the riskier the group's decisions.

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According to Rotter's expectancy theory, a person's decision to engage in a behavior is determined by what the person expects to happen following the behavior and by

A. what cognitive person variables apply to the situation. B. the conditions of worth the individual has created. C. the value the person places on the outcome. D. the relatively stable traits the individual possesses.

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Male-female differences in sexual behavior are evidence for sociobiology because

(a) they differ radically from culture to culture (b) they are unconfounded by cultural differences (c) they are so similar from culture to culture (d) other cultural phenomena, such as standards concerning clothing, religion and politics, are much more variable from one culture to another

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