Less than 30 minutes into the four-hour film, Sanford could tell he was going to hate the movie. He considered getting up and walking out but felt compelled to sit through the whole movie because he had already spent his money on the ticket. This illustrates
a. the sunk cost principle.
b. the normative model.
c. the due process model.
d. equity theory.
a
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Which of the following statements is most true regarding the effects of labeling a child with a psychiatric disorder?
a. Labeling is stigmatizing and demeaning to all children and their parents. b. Labeling may diminish the fact that children have areas in their lives in which they are not disabled. c. Labeling may ignore the fact that children have more than one disability. d. Labels create confusion amongst mental health practitioners and make effective treatment more unlikely.
The introduction to the chapter on language comprehension includes a section about the English-centered focus of psycholinguistics. Which of the following students provides the best summary of this section?
a. Diarmiud: "Because English is the standard language used in international relations, researchers need to focus on this language." b. Fiona: "Researchers are most likely to study the English language. However, without knowing how people function in other languages, we cannot claim that any language characteristic is universal." c. Judy: "The initial research in psycholinguistics was primarily focused on English; in the 21st century, however, researchers are systematically investigating a wide variety of other languages." d. Steve: "It was fortunate that psycholinguistics researchers initially focused on English, because this language turns out to be a prototypical language in terms of both syntax and semantics."
In the race mentioned in question 26, a comparison of each runner's finishing time would represent a(n) _________
a. nominal scale c. interval scale b. ratio scale d. ordinal scale
As a result of __________ , people in larger groups feel less obligated to help someone in need
Fill in the blanks with correct word