Sam often characterizes his grandparents' generation as being tightfisted with money. He believes that they have trouble spending money because they grew up during the Depression. The Depression is a common event to this cohort and is known as a
a. sociocultural influence. c. history-graded influence.
b. common biological influence. d. non-normative life influence.
c
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"Abscissa" is to _______ as "ordinate" is to _______
a. density; frequency b. frequency; density c. horizontal; vertical d. vertical; horizontal
According to the adaptation level theory, money cannot buy happiness because:
A. we are greedy B. we adapt to continuous satisfaction C. most of us cannot afford to buy those things that create true happiness D. we find it difficult to put a price tag on happiness
The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional factors and our own behavior to situational influences is known as
a. the fundamental attribution error. b. a stereotype. c. the actor-observer effect. d. the foot in the door technique.
In Kerr’s (1983) study, she had blind participants acquire map and feature information through touch. She found that when asked to imagine moving a dot from one feature to another, blind participants ______.
a. could not complete the task because they were unable to acquire spatial information b. completed the task faster than sighted participants suggesting that mental imagery is detrimental c. were fastest when they had features described to them instead of having touched the map d. performed similarly to sighted participants suggesting that both groups had mental representations