You need to remove a broken lightbulb from a lamp. Without a pair of gloves, you are likely to cut yourself on the jagged glass. Suddenly, it occurs to you that you can use a cut potato to remove the lightbulb from the socket, by jamming the potato into the broken glass and twisting the bulb out. You have just demonstrated __________.

A. generalization
B. discrimination
C. latent learning
D. insight learning


Answer: D

Psychology

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Bertram suffers from schizophrenia with symptoms of catatonia. Sometimes he seems to "freeze up" in an unusual body position for hours at a time. This particular symptom is called

a. hysterical neurosis. b. disorganized thinking. c. waxy flexibility. d. psychotic frenzy. e. la belle indifference.

Psychology

Norbert, a musician, wanted to produce his own solo album under a budget of $50,000. However, when he changed the project into a group album with his bandmates, Norbert escalated the budget to $200,000. In this scenario, Norbert is displaying a group effect known as _____

A) stereotyping B) polarization C) deindividuation D) mob behavior

Psychology

Research on media violence concludes that

a. there is a circular connection between media violence and aggressive behavior. b. there is a causal relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior. c. media violence causes aggression. d. there is no connection between media violence and aggression.

Psychology

__________ is the inability to distinguish between your own perspective and another person's perspective.

A. Reversibility B. Intuitive thought C. Egocentrism D. Conservation

Psychology