Seventeen-year-old Hassam has spent a lot of time this past year thinking about his personal values and life goals. He has decided to go to college and be an architect to design low-income housing. He has even taken a job and begun saving for college. Hassam appears to have attained a sense of
a. role diffusion.
b. ego identity.
c. industry.
d. initiative. e. integrity.
b
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Fastinger and colleagues (1950) research in married college student housing found that
a. students were more likely to become friends with people who lived nearby than those who lived farther away. b. married college students were not as affected by proximity effects in forming friendships as were single college students c. mere exposure had a greater effect on platonic friendships versus romantic relationships. d. students who went away to college were unlikely to maintain hometown friendships for more than a few weeks.
If asked, "Which is more probable? A. Snowboarder Shaun White will not be in the lead after the first run of a halfpipe competition but will win the competition, or B. Snowboarder Shaun White will not be in the lead after the first run of a halfpipe competition.". Most people would answer A, although A is less likely to be true than B. According to Tversky and Kahneman, such faulty conclusions
are based on a. the framing effect. b. convergent thinking. c. divergent thinking. d. the representativeness heuristic.
As a critical thinker, what habit is most likely to keep you from basing your conclusions on poor research?
A) examine assumptions and biases B) examine the nature and source of the evidence C) tolerate ambiguity D) avoid overly emotional thinking
The _____ is particularly important in forming the biological basis for fear and aggression.
a. amygdala b. frontal lobe c. hippocampus d. cerebellum