Studies of postdecisional dissonance and selective exposure to information demonstrate all of the following EXCEPT:
a. commitment to choice is not necessary for postdecisional dissonance
b. postdecisional dissonance most often leads to regret of choice
c. postdecisional dissonance most leads to seeking information that supports the rejected choice
d. postdecisional dissonance never lends to regret of choice
b
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A) behaviourists B) trait theorists C) existentialists D) nonscientists
According to the behaviorists, early childhood is a time of urgent drives, crushing frustrations, and
a. powerful psychosexual urges and fixations. b. incongruence and conditions of worth. c. the child's identification with the same-sex parent in order to resolve the conflicts of the phallic stage. d. powerful punishments and rewards, including social reinforcement.
People with damage to their right hemisphere are often indifferent to or unaware of emotion-provoking situations, such as paralysis of a limb.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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connections between objective stimuli and objective responses with no subjective "thinking" believed to be required? a. associative learning b. insight learning c. cognitive learning d. vicarious learning