East wick and Finkel (2008) examined men’s and women’s preferences during a speed dating event. They found significant gender differences in what men and women reported as important mate characteristics before the event began—differences that ____ once they actually started interacting with the potential mates at the event.
a. increased
b. stayed constant
c. disappeared
d. became subtler
Ans: c. disappeared
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Bandura believed that violent behavior is learned by imitating aggressive behavior seen in television, movies, and video games
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
B.F. Skinner introduced what concept related to Thorndike’s law of effect?
a. ?operant conditioning b. ?classical conditioning c. ?aversion conditioning d. ?contiguity conditioning
Imagine that you are a research psychologist. In your attempt to describe behavior, it is of utmost importance that you
a. use a broad level of analysis. b. use a narrow level of analysis. c. collect the facts as they exist. d. collect only those facts that are consistent with your expectations.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If you want to learn about cause and effect, you must use the experimental method. 2. The biggest advantage of the experimental method is its high ecological validity. 3. When participants in an experiment all receive multiple different experimental conditions, it is called a between-subjects design. 4. All connectionist models share the assumption that there must be a central processor that directs the flow of information. 5. Evolutionary psychologists believe that we can only understand how a cognitive system works if we understand how evolutionary forces shaped the system in certain directions.