"Early" researchers of imagery (beginning with Aristotle until just prior to the dominance of behaviorism) proposed all of the following ideas EXCEPT
a. studying images was a way of studying thinking.
b. images are one of the three basic elements of consciousness.
c. imagery requires a special mechanism.
d. thought is impossible without an image.
c
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Your friend Dion claims that sexually active women in the US and Canada aren't very likely to get AIDS and other STDs. After reading your psychology of women textbook, your best response to Dion would be:
a. "Actually, a woman who has sexual intercourse with an HIV-infected man is up to eight times as likely to contract HIV, compared to a man who has sex with an HIV-infected woman.". b. "About 40% of HIV-infected people are female, but women are actually much less likely than men to contract other sexually transmitted diseases.". c. "True, young men are about eight times as likely as young women to have a STD.". d. "Latina women have a higher incidence of AIDS than women in any other ethnic group.".
Suppose that you have a certain idea about what a tropical island should be like: It should be a tourist destination, have palm trees, enjoy a warm climate, and contain plenty of bars that serve cocktails with paper umbrellas. Your general understanding of what a tropical island is all about is most clearly an example of a____
a. script b. schema c. heuristic d. counterfactual
Alfonso sees a news story about a beautiful 22-year-old blond woman who just married an elderly billionaire. Alfonso feels that the woman married the billionaire for his money. Alfonso's explanation is an example of:
a. a fundamental perceptual error c. prejudice b. an attribution d. discrimination
Research suggests which of the following is true regarding the nature-nurture debate?
A) Psychological traits are mostly determined by genes. B) Psychological traits are mostly determined by environmental factors. C) Genes and environment both independently influence traits, but do not interact. D) Some psychological traits are more influenced by genes, while others are more the result of environment.