When I try to remember the definition of the word synergy, if another person is with me and possibly evaluating me, I expend more mental effort, but that effort causes me to access more readily accessible bits of information, such as the word “energy” and “metallurgy.” My reaction is MOST consistent with
a. Zajonc’s drive theory.
b. distraction/conflict theory.
c. social orientation theory.
d. the mere-effort model.
e. a self-presentation analysis.
d. the mere-effort model.
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a. 9 b. 11 c. 13 d. 15
Fear of using a public rest room or eating in public would both be considered symptoms of a(n)
a. social phobia. b. acute stress disorder. c. panic disorder. d. adjustment disorder.
As the zygote moves through the fallopian tube toward the uterus, it
a. undergoes little change until after implantation. b. begins to reproduce itself through the process of meiosis. c. begins to reproduce itself through the process of mitosis. d. undertakes such rapid differentiation that by the time of implantation, it already looks quite human.
The fact that the incidence of eating disorders varies widely across the world is best explained by ____ theory of abnormal behavior
a. ?psychological b. ?sociocultural c. ?psychoanalytic d. ?biological