Prentice and Miller (1996) found that most college students overestimate how comfortable their peers are with alcohol on campus. This misperception is an example of
a. pluralistic ignorance.
b. psychological reactance.
c. mass psychogenic illness.
d. the chameleon effect.
a
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A. our behaviors can be controlled by the consequences they produce. B. learning is limited in the extent to which it can change our actions. C. reflexive responses can be spread from one eliciting stimulus to another. D. we don't have to engage in a behavior to learn how to do it.
Which of the following is NOT an insight therapy?
a. client-centered therapy b. Gestalt therapy c. psychoanalysis d. systematic desensitization e. psychodynamic therapy
Over the past 50 years, marriage rates in the United States have ______.
A. increased B. decreased C. remained consistent D. fluctuated drastically
What is the scientific study of the nervous system?
A. physical science B. neuroscience C. evolutionary science D. social science