What are the various methods of encouraging unselfish actions? In the context of trying to encourage industries to pollute the environment less, give an example of how you would use each of these methods to develop an antipollution intervention

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: These would include changing the timing of rewards and punishments and activating social norms (injunctive and descriptive).

Psychology

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A squirrel is scurrying around hunting for acorns. Every once in a while, it pauses to look around before resuming its quest. Describe the squirrel’s behavior in terms of orientation and habituation

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Which of the following is false? People don't use self-change techniques because:

a. they don't think the techniques will help. b. they don't believe they can really attain the goal. c. they receive too much feedback from others. d. they observe and take credit for only failures.

Psychology

A person's pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are consistent over time and across situations is also known as their _______

a. personality b. personal description c. self-esteem d. possible self

Psychology

Six-year-old Ling teased the neighbor's dog byrunning up and down the fence between the two

yards. His father called to him that Ling was not behaving appropriately. Ling was most likely to demonstrate the moral emotion of a. pride. b. shame. c. global empathy. d. impulse control.

Psychology