After looking at the exotic desserts presented on the dessert tray, Colin decides to have one of the desserts even though he is not hungry. This is best described as an example of
a. incentive motivation.
b. drive reduction.
c. instinctual behavior.
d. arousal theory.
e. cognitive dissonance.
a
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Jamal is asked to describe himself. Which of Jamal's statements represents his social identity?
a. I am an African American. b. I see myself as a conservative person with a strong belief in tradition. c. I am intelligent and creative. d. I think of myself as a highly sociable person. e. I am someone who has little regard for social status.
Which of the following best describes structuralism?
a. The philosophical system that examines conscious experience itself directly, intentionally, and from one’s own point of view b. The philosophical tradition that held that mental processes operate by the association of one mental state with its successor state c. An early approach to psychology that used controlled introspective methods to infer the elements of the mind d. The system of psychology that emphasized the role of unconscious and conscious choice of certain parts of consciousness based upon personal feelings, history, and motivations
The concept of __________ learning occurs when an animal links two events that occur together
a. associative b. constructive c. dissociative d. paired
Under which of the following circumstances would deception be allowed in a research project?
a. Deception is allowed when the research project will involve significant risk, such that otherwise, few people would volunteer to be in the study. b. Deception is allowed when a full debriefing will not be used. c. Deception is allowed when participants are not permitted to withdraw their data from the study. a. Deception is allowed when the research project will involve significant risk, such that otherwise, few people would volunteer to be in the study. b. Deception is allowed when a full debriefing will not be used. c. Deception is allowed when participants are not permitted to withdraw their data from the study. d. Deception is allowed when the results of a study would be contaminated by participants' knowledge of the experiment.