You tell your mother that you have to memorize a particular poem for English. She says, "Oh, I had to learn that poem when I was in high school.". Your mother spontaneously begins reciting the poem. Your mother's ability to recite this poem from her past casts doubt on which explanation of forgetting?
a. disuse
b. memory decay
c. repression
d. suppression
A
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d. social psychological theories are merely commonsense knowledge about the social world.
Bob encourages dialogue between himself and his children when family decisions need to be made; but when he makes a final decision, he expects everyone to respect it. Jack rarely discusses any issue with his family, makes all of the decisions by himself, and expects everyone in the family to obey his wishes. According to Baumrind's parenting-style classification, Bob's parenting style is ________
and Jack's is ________. a. authoritarian; permissive c. authoritative; authoritarian b. permissive; authoritarian d. authoritarian; authoritative
One way to measure the meaning of work in a culture is to ask a series of questions about work and whether individuals perceive it as meaningful and accessible to everyone in society or as strictly an obligation that must be met
This perception is also known as a _______ norm. a. work b. societal c. risk-taking d. individual
Sex refers to ____
a. an individual's emotional and sexual desire to be with another person b. the cultural categories of "male" or "female" c. the biological status of being male or female d. an individual's perception of oneself as being male or female