Your best friend listens to you talk about your disappointment in not getting into a graduate program you applied to. This type of social support should help you as explained by the:
a. social influence theory.
b. buffering theory.
c. social persuasion theory.
d. mindfulness theory.
Ans: b
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Responses that are followed by a reinforcer become more likely in the future. This is known as what?
a. The equilibrium principle b. The law of effect c. Temporal contiguity d. The all or none law
Typically, individuals concerned with the crisis of initiative versus guilt are in the ____ stage of cognitive development
a. preoperational b. concrete operational c. sensorimotor d. formal operational
Psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to the shared values, customs, and beliefs of a group or community
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
If a study shows that there is a positive correlation between frequency of masturbation and frequency of intercourse with partners, then this means that
A) people who masturbate more also tend to have sex with partners more frequently. B) people who masturbate more tend to have sex less frequently with partners. C) masturbating more is a sign that people do not have frequent sex with partners. D) masturbating leads people to be more sexual with their partners.