Which of the following examples illustrates a personal fable?
A) Lena believes that a magical world of fairies and pixies exists and daydreams about it during classes.
B) Rupal is experimenting with various dance forms. She is keen on becoming an expert in the one dance form that she enjoys best.
C) Monica is experimenting with the drugs available on campus. She thinks she can never get addicted to any of it because she is young and healthy.
D) Nora is scared that she will die of alcohol poisoning because she took a sip of beer with friends.
C
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The standard model of consolidation proposes that the hippocampus is
A. strongly active for both new memories as they are being consolidated and memories for events that occurred long ago and are already consolidated. B. strongly active for long-ago memories that are already consolidated but becomes less active when memories are first formed and being consolidated. C. strongly active when memories are first formed and being consolidated but becomes less active when retrieving older memories that are already consolidated. D. uninvolved in memory consolidation.
In a persuasion study conducted by McGuire (1964), participants exposed to weak arguments that contradicted common knowledge or beliefs were _______ likely to be persuaded by ________ two days later
a. more; fear appeals b. less; emotional appeals c. less; stronger arguments d. more; weaker arguments
Projections from the ventrolateral preoptic area induce sleep by inhibiting arousal areas including ___
a. the tuberomammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus b. the locus coeruleus c. the raphé nucleus d. All of the above
Jacob is trying to go to sleep
So, he tries to keep his eyes open (in the dark) and stay awake as long as possible. This allows sleep to overtake him unexpectedly and lowers performance anxiety. This technique is known as a. stimulus control. b. sleep restriction. c. the paradoxical intention. d. the tryptophan effect.