While you are driving, you make an illegal lane change and see a flashing light behind you
You immediately think, "Ticket time" and prepare to pull over. But as the car behind you draws nearer, you see that is is just a car with a vivid turn signal. Your behavior regarding the flashing light illustrates
a. dishabituation.
b. a perceptual set.
c. reality testing.
d. precognition.
ANSWER: b
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a. Procedural memory b. Implicit memory c. Semantic memory d. Episodic memory
When Bill is driving faster than the speed limit, he covertly tells himself to slow down or he will get a ticket. He then slows down. Bill's cognitive behavior of telling himself to slow down is functioning as a:
a. conditioned stimulus b. punishing consequence c. reinforcing consequence d. discriminative stimulus
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Jenna is hoping to become a member of a very exclusive club. Many of her friends are already members, and Jenna would do anything to gain acceptance into such an exclusive group
One night, Jenna is hanging out with many of the women who are already members in the club, and they suggest going skinny-dipping in the town's public pool. Usually, Jenna would never consider doing something of this nature, but, on this night, she agrees. Jenna's agreement is likely due to ________. a) the autokinetic phenomenon b) cohesiveness c) descriptive norms d) reactance