A neighbor comes to your door and asks you to feed his dogs, water his plants, and mow his yard while he is out of town for a month. Feeling only slightly guilty, you turn down this large request. Then, the same neighbor returns the next day and asks if you would at least pick up his mail while he is gone. Chances are very good that you will honor this smaller request because of which compliance
approach?
a. foot-in-the-door technique.
b. highball effect.
c. lowball technique.
d. door-in-the-face effect.
D
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According to your textbook, why did Paul condemn sexuality? a. He believed men and women should be held to the same standards
b. He did not want love of humans to compete with love of God. c. He believed that women were Godlike, therefore should not be touched. d. He believed that giving into sexual temptation made people more like animals.
In the lunchroom, George is describing an experience he had last week. He said that he suddenly felt short of breath, a pounding heart, dizziness, and a sense of losing control. George has confided in you that he has felt depressed and has been having marital problems. George should seek help since his symptoms sound very much like:
a. obsessive-compulsive disorder c. generalized anxiety disorder b. somatization disorder d. panic disorder
The TAT is widely used in research on motivation and in clinical practice. The assumption is that we are likely to
a. project our needs into our responses to ambiguous situations. b. try to choose an answer we feel is "correct.". c. try to deceive the test. d. none of these
The biochemical basis of antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia, at least as far as the
positive symptoms of the disorder are concerned, involves the a. blocking of dopamine receptors. b. underactivity of norepinephrine receptors. c. depletion of serotonin. d. underproduction of acetylcholine. e. depletion of norepinephrine.