Cognitive dissonance refers to the state one is in when
a. beliefs are contrary to one's peer group.
b. cognitions are inconsistent.
c. behaviors are socially undesirable.
d. interpersonal relationships are unbalanced.
B
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a. interviews, self-report, and observer reports. b. questionnaires, police records, and moral reasoning. c. interviews, questionnaires, and physiological measures. d. personality inventories, direct questions, and external evidence.
Case studies of a number of these rampage-type events reveal few similarities among the students committing these acts of violence other than that
a. the perpetrators are almost always male. b. they tend to take place amongst fourteen- to fifteen-year-olds. c. they tend to come from regions with a somewhat lower sense of honor. d. they often have mental illnesses well recognized by parents.
The failure of binge drinkers to remember what happened while they were drunk is due
to the deactivating effect of alcohol on a. GABA receptors. b. NMDA receptors. c. ACh. d. GABA and NMDA receptors. e. ACh and NMDA receptors.
A PET scan records the amount of which radioactive substance used by brain cells?
a. potassium b. iodine c. glucose d. sodium