Vito finished first in the school spelling bee, Fabrizio finished second, and Luigi finished third. The first-place winner gets a cash prize and the opportunity to compete at the regional spelling bee, but the others get nothing. Which of the following is most likely to occur?
a. Fabrizio will engage in more counterfactual thinking than Luigi.
b. Luigi will engage in more counterfactual thinking than Fabrizio.
c. Fabrizio and Luigi will engage in counterfactual thinking to about the same extent, but more so than Vito.
d. Fabrizio and Luigi will engage in counterfactual thinking to about the same extent, but less so than Vito.
a
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a. processing social rewards are active when individuals are cooperating. b. making choices are active when people are cooperating and when they are competing. c. perceiving other people's motives are more active during competition. d. distinguishing oneself from other people are active during competition. e. all the findings listed here have been reported.
In the area of career development, Luzzo and Ward found that:
a. internal students with career interests in business obtained part-time jobs in plumbing more than in auto mechanics b. external students with career interests in business obtained part-time jobs in retail sales rather than as auto mechanics c. internal students with career interests in business obtained part-time jobs in retail sales rather than as auto mechanics d. external students with career interests in physics were unable to obtain part-time jobs in chemistry
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Howard had a substance abuse problem, and he went to a rehabilitation center to overcome cocaine addiction. While in the dining room, he had a panic attack. Now out of rehab, he occasionally experiences symptoms of panic when he enters restaurants that have tables arranged like those in the dining room at the rehab center. Which one of the following statements best explains why?
A. Because he was addicted to a drug, Howard now sees the world as unpredictable and dangerous. B. Cocaine affected the neurotransmitters in Howard's brain so he can no longer control his fear response. C. The panic symptoms he experienced in the dining room were reinforced during his stay in the rehab center. D. The arrangement of the tables in the dining room is now a conditioned stimulus that evokes a panic response.