Are we "prisoners of our personality"?
What will be an ideal response?
We are not prisoners of our personality. Our personality may impact how we would usually behave, but we can modify our personality to some extent.
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Denise is unaware of the feel of the chair she sits in while playing with her computer. Denise's lack of sensitivity is the result of:
A. hypersensitivity B. changing stimuli C. lack of stimulation D. adaptation
What type of question allows participants the greatest flexibility in deciding how to answer?
a. open-ended b. restricted c. rating scale d. physiological
Baron and Bell (1976) found that high temperatures do not necessarily lead to increased aggression. Generalizing this result to an urban setting, it might be concluded that long hot summers do not lead to aggression. This illustrates the general problem of
a. incorrect interpretations of the results of a laboratory experiment. b. variable representativeness. c. subject generalization. d. an inappropriate inference based on data from a flawed experiment.
Years ago Ray spent hours skateboarding. His job cut down on the time he could devote to this endeavor; however, he recently decided to try his hand at it again
What type of long-term memory will Ray call upon as he puts on the skates and starts down the driveway at his home? a) episodic b) procedural c) semantic d) sensory