According to the article Betting on the Winners about therapy for gambling, the SOGS was
(a) a measure of physiological responses to gambling
(b) the name given to the damp, wrung-out feeling which accompanied gambling losses
(c) an abbreviation for the gambler's attitude "Start Out, Get Something"
(d) a list of questions about gambling
D
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Regarding procrastination, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Students who procrastinate tend to work only under pressure and skip classes. b. Students who procrastinate give false reasons for late work. c. By procrastinating, students can blame poor work on a late start rather than a lack of ability. d. Students who procrastinate tend to feel less bored, frustrated, or guilty than students who do not procrastinate.
Which contemporary view in psychology sees behavior as being shaped and controlled by one's environment?
a. cognitive b. humanistic c. biopsychological d. behaviorist
Researchers tested the hypothesis that rates of helping strangers would be higher in countries that valued simpatía. They staged helping incidents in twenty-three large cities and observed whether or not people helped. These researchers found
a. helping was dramatically higher in those countries that valued simpatía. b. helping tended to be higher in those countries that valued simpatía, but was also high in some countries where this was not a value. c. no difference in this study, because the helping examined was of strangers rather than of in-group members. d. no differences in this study, because they examined helping in an urban rather than in a rural setting.
The finding that people tend to incorrectly conclude that more people die from tornados than from asthma has been explained in terms of the
A. representativeness heuristic. B. availability heuristic. C. falsification principle. D. belief bias.