Blascovich and his colleagues, by monitoring physiological reactions in social facilitation settings, discovered that people display a(n) ___ reaction when working on easy tasks and a ___ reaction when working on difficult tasks.
a. physiological; psychological
b. inhibition; activation
c. challenge; threat
d. flight; fight
e. alpha wave; beta wave
c. challenge; threat
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If you learn a difficult new skill, what will happen to the brain circuits responsible for that skill while you sleep?
a. They will replay the patterns they had while you learned the task. b. They will maintain a high, steady rate of activity. c. They will rest, showing a much lower than normal rate of activity. d. They will increase their synaptic connections with areas in the spinal cord.
A psychological approach to dying looks at dying from
a. a developmental perspective. b. a life stages perspective. c. a biological perspective. d. both a and b.
Lexi wants to write a novel, so she designs a self-change plan to increase the amount of time she spends writing. Her boyfriend, Abe, complains that he doesn't get to see her enough and becomes negative about her writing. What should Lexi do first?
a. Decide which is more important, the novel or Abe . b. Pursue another plan, as lack of social support makes the present plan unlikely to succeed. c. Reinforce herself for writing and reinforce Abe for any positive comments about her writing. d. Thin Abe's reinforcement schedule.
The __________ hypnotic susceptibility scale is a measure used to assess individuals' relative degree of hypnotic ability
a. Harvard b. Yale c. Stanford d. Dartmouth