Tyra blames her poor performance in college on a poor memory that she has had since birth. Tyra's behavior is an example of __________
a) a situational attribution.
b) the primacy effect.
c) a self-serving bias.
d) a dispositional attribution.
d
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Rubin's vase features _____ that may flip, illustrating the _____ of consciousness.
A) opponent colours; selectivity B) opponent colours; transience C) a reversible figure and ground; intentionality D) a reversible figure and ground; transience
6. Which statement about gender differences in personality is FALSE?
A) Women are more sensitive to nonverbal cues than are men. B) Women have slightly higher self-esteem than do men. C) Men are more physically aggressive than are women. D) Men are more assertive than are women.
The grid floor in an operant chamber is electrified. Each time a rat presses a lever, however, the shock is turned off for 1 minute. The rat quickly learns to press the lever the second that the grid becomes electrified. Lever pressing has been:
A) positively reinforced. B) negatively reinforced. C) positively punished. D) negatively punished.
If we want to calculate a z score for a sample mean, we will need to know the ______ and ______ for this distribution.
A. mean; standard distribution B. mean; standard deviation C. frequency; standard deviation D. standard deviation; standard distribution