Jimmy usually beats Ivan in practice tennis matches, but when he plays Ivan again before a packed house during a tournament, Jimmy plays badly and loses. Jimmy's poor performance is likely due to:
A. deindividuation
B. diffusion of responsibility
C. social facilitation
D. social inhibition
Answer: D
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a. Transforms b. Reliability c. Scales d. Theories
The stimulus study by Bisiach was able to demonstrate that in patients with hemineglect ____
a. ?language brain areas are located on the left side of the brain b. ?the deficits cannot be explained as being due to sensory losses c. ?the affected individuals are left-handed d. ?people can make learned skilled movements, but in the wrong sequences
José believes that all events have meaningful, systematic causes. José is:
A) a determinist B) an empiricist C) a scientist D) a philosopher
In her seventies, Milena began experiencing problems with language production. If she is typical of older adults, Milena is likely to use which of the following techniques to compensate?
a. use more sentences, but shorter ones, to convey her message b. refrain from speaking until she resolves tip-of-the-tongue states c. rehearse what she wants to say before starting to speak d. speak more quickly, relying more on well-practiced sentence patterns than on sentence planning