Research on the planning fallacy indicates that we tend to ____ when making predictions about ourselves and we tend to ____ when making predictions about other people
a. be overly optimistic; be overly optimistic also
b. be overly optimistic; be realistic
c. be overly optimistic; be overly pessimistic
d. be realistic; be overly pessimistic
B
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If you see something dangerous, what determines whether you react with sympathetic or parasympathetic arousal? a. The more familiar the danger, the more it arouses the sympathetic system. b. The more familiar the danger, the more it arouses the parasympathetic system. c. The closer the danger, the more it arouses the parasympathetic system
d. The closer the danger, the more it arouses the sympathetic system.
In Freud's view of castration anxiety, what would be a healthy result for males?
A. Identification with the same-sex parent B. Repression of sexual desires for opposite sex people C. Strong moral anxiety D. A powerful superego
According to Sigmund Freud, the ________ is the instinctual and unorganized part of personality, and from the time of birth it attempts to reduce tension created by primitive drives related to hunger, sex, aggression, and irrational impulses.
A. g-factor B. ego C. id D. superego
Winnie is a supervisor of several employees. She believes that her employees, though happy on the job, could be producing more than they are. She decides to try to get them into their "zone of maximum performance potential." What is she going to have to do to accomplish this?
A. Increase their environmental press B. Increase their competence C. Increase their sense of continuity D. Encourage docility