__________ is the perspective that behavior can be predicted from prior events

Fill in the blanks with correct word


Answer: Determinism

Psychology

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a. ?the relearning method b. ?a false memory c. ?the feeling-of-knowing experience d. ?a parallel distributed processing model of memory

Psychology

Jon’s teacher knows that he has had the flu and has been very ill. Jon doesn’t perform well on his exam but his teacher still believes that his poor performance is due to his laziness and not to his illness. Jon’s teacher is demonstrating:

A. a self-fulfilling prophecy. B. cognitive dissonance. C. deindividuation. D. an actor-observer effect. E. a correspondence bias.

Psychology

Regarding a custody matter, two judges are each given profiles of the two parents. One judge is asked, "Which parent should be awarded custody?" while the other judge is asked, "Which parent should be denied custody?" The judges are most likely see this custody situation differently because of the

a. underlying base rates. b. framing of the questions. c. representativeness heuristics within this situation. d. differing emotionalities of the two judges.

Psychology

Regarding subjective well-being, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. A positive state of subjective well-being can be simply defined as the absence of disease. b. If you have a positive state of subjective well-being, you can bounce back emotionally from adversity. c. People who enjoy a sense of well-being have supportive relationships with others. d. People who enjoy a sense of well-being do meaningful work, and live in a clean environment.

Psychology