If you are trying to think of uses for a balloon and you cannot think of anything other than entertaining children, which tendency have you demonstrated?
a. Framing effect
b. Maximizing strategy
c. Functional fixedness
d. Failure to consider base-rate information
c
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What type of fear message, if any, is most effective in persuading people? a. Nearly all fear messages are effective in persuasion
b. Fear messages are almost never effective in persuasion. c. Fear messages are most effective if they describe an extreme danger. d. Fear messages are most effective if they describe a moderate danger.
The MOST important aspect of group therapy is that group members
a. provide acceptance and emotional support. b. challenge one another's false belief structures. c. increase conformity and compliance. d. reduce both transference and resistance.
The personality factor traditionally linked to coronary heart disease (CHD) is the ________ behavior pattern.
A. Type X B. Type A C. Type B D. Type Y
Which of the following is not considered a life change?
a. being promoted b. being diabetic c. getting pregnant d. a death in the family