Regarding the study of words and language, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Studies have shown that words get much of their meaning from context.
b. The study of the meaning of words and language is called grammar.
c. The words we use greatly affect how we think about an object or event.
d. Thinking may occur without language.
B
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a. will be lower than the decision criterion of an impulsive responder. b. will be higher than the decision criterion of an impulsive responder. c. will be the same as the decision criterion of an impulsive responder. d. will be equal to d?.
The district attorney never stops his campaign to rid the city of pornography. He gets extremely agitated when speaking against the evils of "adult" magazines and he quotes scripture endlessly to back up his tirades What his constituents don't know, however, is that he owns a large collection of pornographic videos that he often views when he's alone. Freudians might suggest that his behavior is a sign of
a. reaction formation. b. repression. c. regression. d. identification.
When Alyson faces a stressful problem, she concentrates on controlling negative thoughts and reassuring herself that she can handle the situation. She also plans her day, so she doesn't have time to think about the problem. Alyson is using __________-focused coping to deal with her stress.
A. emotion B. outcome C. solution D. problem
When Keller and Marian Breland, two
psychologists who became animal trainers, decided that it would be cute to have a pig drop a big wooden coin into a box, they found that _______________. a) food was not an effective reinforcer for the pig and so learning didn't occur b) when given edible roots as reinforcers, the pig learned the task in less than ten trials c) the pig displayed instinctive drift by dropping the coin and pushing it around with its nose. d) the pig showed intrinsic interest in the task and so reinforcement was unnecessary