Which of the following is NOT a way in which culture affects cognition, according to Vygotsky?
a. Cultures arrange for the occurrence of non-occurrence of particular problems.
b. Cultures regulate the value attached to certain abilities
c. Cultures determine which events go together.
d. Cultures regulate the level of difficulty of tasks.
b. Cultures regulate the value attached to certain abilities
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During a long airplane flight, Jack thinks of his girlfriend Juanita and soon notices that he has an erection. According to Masters and Johnson, Jack is in which stage of sexual response?
A. plateau B. resolution C. activation D. excitement
The fact that a sizable minority of people who experience chest pain during a heart attack will wait hours before seeking medical attention underscores the point that:
A) the correlation between the sensation and perception of pain can be negative. B) the correlation between the sensation and perception of pain is not perfect. C) insensitivity to pain can have detrimental effects. D) insensitivity to pain results from rational coping.
Reliance solely on rote rehearsal does not necessarily result in encoding information into LTM
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
On the first day of his psychology class, Denair sits in his chair thinking, "This class is going to be a waste of time. I failed it before and I'm going to fail it again."
Denair's belief that nothing he can do will change the outcome of the class demonstrates a) learned helplessness b) negative punishment c) latent learning d) observational learning