After you sign up for a credit card with a low interest rate, a month later the company doubles the interest rate. What technique did the company use?

a. Contrast effect
b. Social norms
c. Bait and switch
d. Reciprocation


c

Psychology

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c. dropping her friendships. d. suing the company.

Psychology

Regarding SAD, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Eighty percent of SAD patients can be helped by phototherapy. b. The best time to administer phototherapy is early in the morning. c. Seasonal depressions are related to the release of less melatonin during the winter. d. Thirteen percent of college students living in northern New England show signs of SAD, with this condition being especially prevalent among the students from the South.

Psychology

What makes nitric oxide unique among neurotransmitters?

A. It is released before the action potential occurs. B. It is taken back up into the presynaptic neuron. C. It is a gas. D. It is an organelle.

Psychology

Seeing is to _________ memory as hearing is to __________ memory

a. sensory; working b. iconic; echoic c. atrophic; hypertrophic d. short-term; long-term

Psychology