Many people do not invest in 401K plans or other retirement plans—even though they are not broke, and could afford to put money aside. One explanation for this is the fact that people tend to engage in ____ when making decisions about how to manage their money

a. reactance
b. the Zeigarnik effect
c. risk aversion
d. temporal discounting


D

Psychology

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Ajee, who was adopted from Kenya at the age of 6, experienced chronic malnutrition from birth until the time of her adoption. Ajee is at risk of ______.

A. severe hearing and vision problems B. early pubertal maturation C. cognitive deficits D. autism

Psychology

Four-month-old Timothy takes his mother's keys and begins to put them into his mouth, but then discovers that when he shakes them they make a pleasant sound. Timothy's treatment of the keys demonstrates which concept of Piaget's theory?

a. assimilation c. organization b. accommodation d. adaptation

Psychology

Zdravka needs to fill a position in her company as soon as possible. The two finalists for the job have very similar credentials, but neither is a perfect fit. If Zdravka chooses the White candidate over the Black candidate, she might have used which one of these parts of her duplex mind?

A. Intuitive B. Deliberate rational C. Explicit D. Intrinsic

Psychology

How do psychologists deal with repressed memories of child sexual abuse? What are the techniques used by psychologists in court to recover the memories in court?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology