Intrusive, unwanted, reoccurring thoughts are called ________, while the ritualized behaviors used to temporarily control the thoughts are known as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Answer: obsessions; compulsions
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Suppose that researchers want to determine whether young college students have stereotypes about elderly people. An implicit measure of stereotyping would be better than an explicit measure because
a. an implicit measure would be less influenced by people's tendency to supply a socially appropriate answer. b. the norms are more accurate if they are based on implicit measures. c. people's schemas would have greater influence on implicit measures. d. the pragmatic view of memory would interfere with an explicit measure.
Jake is listening to his instructor lecturing about the SQ4R method. She states that "There are six steps in ...". which lets Jake know that "Here comes some ideas.". Later, she says "The most important step in the method is ... " which alerts Jake to a main idea. According to the LISAN method, these phrases are examples of
a. acronyms. b. mnemonics. c. signal words. d. experiential notations.
The college admissions office has determined that the correlation between IQ scores and college grade point average is .50 . What percent of the variation in college grades is accounted for by knowing IQ scores?
a. 10 percent b. 15 percent c. 25 percent d. 50 percent
While working in a village in Cameroon you notice that a young wife is consulting shamans and taking herbal remedies in efforts to help her become pregnant. This has been going on for over a year
You become concerned because of which of the most likely reason? You are afraid that she may be malnourished and/or have a sexually transmitted infection. You are worried about the long term effects of the homeopathic medicines she is taking. You are actually not concerned at all as her infertility marks her as a future shaman. You are fearful that she will have to be sent to a place with infertility treatments which will ostracize her from the community.