Because he is a hopeless romantic, Chad buys his wife a single red rose for no particular reason while grocery shopping. Realizing that he doesn't own a vase, he also buys the only one the supermarket has in stock, which is rather expensive. Upon coming home, his wife says, "Thanks for the rose, but is the vase really necessary? We can just put it in one of your many empty wine bottles that
litter the kitchen." Chad's failure to realize that a wine bottle can serve as a makeshift but romantic vase is an example of:
A) the recency effect.
B) the availability bias.
C) semantic interference.
D) functional fixedness.
D) functional fixedness.
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b. replace the immediate reinforcement of the behavior with the unpleasant consequences that ordinarily take longer to be experienced. c. create a physically painful experience to replace the immediate reinforcement that the unwanted behavior has previously produced. d. improve family functioning, social skills, and overall effectiveness of appropriate adult relations.
When parents accept their children and give them affection, the children tend to
a. become dependent. b. have impaired self-esteem. c. become sociable. d. be characterized by all of these.
According to Allport, all aspects of the personality that make for inward unity comprise the:
A) basic self-concept. B) social selves. C) proprium. D) transitory self-concept.
Which term describes the wariness displayed by infants when they encounter an unfamiliar person?
A. nonverbal decoding B. separation anxiety C. stranger anxiety D. social anxiety