The United States' decision to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs and Japan's decision to attack Pearl Harbor were both examples of which of these?
a. Cognitive dissonance
b. The forewarning effect
c. The actor-observer effect
d. Groupthink
d
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a. Ludic b. Storge c. Manic d. Erotic
In a survey of 1,421 Detroit men ranging in age from 20 to 93, Toni Antonucci and Kira Birditt (2004) found that men without close social ties were significantly more ____ than men with solid relationships.
A. ashamed B. guilt ridden C. depressed D. anxious
One technique that allows researchers to monitor overall electrical activity within the brain is:
a. a computerized tomography scan (CT scan) b. positron emission tomography (PET) c. an electroencephalogram (EEG) d. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
In an experiment to test whether teaching a new memory strategy will improve students' test scores, student characteristics, such as motivation, are controlled by
a. interviewing each student concerning their motivation in the class. b. giving each student a personality test. c. randomly assigning students to the two groups. d. interviewing the teachers concerning each of the students.