Suppose that Rachel sold one of her stocks last week and that the value of the stock has tripled since then. What a mistake! In which of the following cases is Rachel most likely to experience cognitive dissonance?
a. If she chose to sell the stock against her stockbroker's advice
b. If she chose to sell the stock because her friend suggested it
c. If she chose to sell the stock because her stockbroker suggested it
d. If she was on vacation last week and it was her husband who decided to sell the stock for her
A
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A. latent-dependent learning B. law of cues C. encoding-retrieval similarity D. state-dependent learning
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They make fewer friends at this time than later in life. They make fewer friends than they did earlier in life. They keep the same friends they have had since childhood. They make more friends than they will later in life.
To meet one of the criteria for classification as intellectually disabled, an individual must
a. be older than 18 years of age. b. show significant limitations in adaptive behaviors. c. obtain a valid IQ score of over 75. d. obtain a valid IQ score of below 100.