People who had already placed their two-dollar bets were more confident than people who were waiting in line to place their bets (Knox & Inkster, 1968)
These findings suggest that decisions that are _______ generate more cognitive dissonance than decisions that are not.
a. important
b. coerced
c. irrevocable
d. trivial
Answer: C
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a. Daryl Bem b. Robert Sternberg c. John Bowlby d. Sigmund Freud
Which of the following is not a classification of human reflexes?
a. reflexes that disappear during the first year of life and return in adolescence b. reflexes that disappear during the first year of life and never return c. reflexes that are permanent throughout life d. reflexes that are composed of behaviors that become voluntary with time
When a stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus fails to evoke the conditioned response, then stimulus generalization has occurred
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Approximately, 6 to 22 percent of child victims of factitious disorder die as a result of medical illnesses
A) that are over-medicated. B) for which the child is not hospitalized. C) while hospitalized. D) inflicted upon them by a caregiver.