Simons and Chabris showed participants a film of two basketball teams, one wearing black shirts and the other wearing white. Observers were asked to watch the film closely and count how many times a basketball passed between members of one of the teams, while ignoring the other team. As the observers watched and counted, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked into the middle of the basketball
game, faced the camera, thumped its chest, and walked out of view. Which of the following occurred?
a. All of the participants lost count of the number of basketball passes because of the unexpected appearance of the gorilla.
b. Half of the participants failed to notice the gorilla's appearance.
c. All of the participants failed to notice the gorilla's appearance.
d. Only the female participants noticed the gorilla.
B
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Any deliberate attempt to deal with some form of stress is referred to as _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Jerome tries to please his parents by always being good, but whenever Jerome's older brother, Tom, misbehave, their parents punish both Tom and Jerome. Jerome soon stops trying to please his parents because he doesn’t think it will make any difference. This change in Jerome's behavior is an example of ____.?
a. ?classical conditioning b. ?vicarious experience c. ?positive reinforcement d. ?learned helplessness
Compensation and sublimation are
a. the two types of rationalization. b. generally considered to be positive defense mechanisms. c. part of a natural tendency to justify one's behavior. d. maladaptive because they serve to maintain an unrealistic self-image.