OC userin Psychology·13 Feb 201829) A fast and efficient strategy that facilitates decision-making but does not guarantee a solution to a problem is called?
OC userin Psychology·11 Feb 201851. Social Darwinism was a term generated by which was used to explain A) Darwin; the evolution of social mechanisms B) Darwin; natural selection C) Spencer; how the genes of certain individuals are superior to the genes of others D) Spencer; the evolution of social aggression E) Freud; why certain individuals feel socially inadequate
OC userin Psychology·10 Feb 201835. The fire alarm goes off. Nina doesn't react because she's uncertain about what's going on. She looks to other people and sees that they are not reacting so she assumes the alarm must be a drill. Nina's thought best illustrates the explanation of the unresponsive-bystander effect A) informational influence B) normative influence C) evaluation anxiety D) diffusion of responsibility E) social loafing
OC userin Psychology·11 Feb 201830. The structure in the forebrain that is critical for organizing emotional response patterns (especially related to fear and aggression) is the A) hippocampus B) cerebrum C) amygdala D) thalamus E) medulla
OC userin Psychology·10 Feb 201841. Higher levels of usually increase the likelihood of , which consists of unprovoked aggressive acts that are designed to establish a dominance hierarchy among members of a particular species A) serotonin; social aggression B) serotonin; impulsive aggression C) testosterone; social aggression D) testosterone; impulsive aggression E) dopamine; frustrated aggression
OC userin Psychology·7 Feb 201841. A child doesn't hesitate to run into a room whenever he smells the perfume his mom wears, but not when he smells other perfumes. This phenomenon would be considered an example of A) stimulus discrimination B) habituation C) extinction D) generalization E) observational learning
OC userin Psychology·7 Feb 201817. A motivation theorist who believes in the expectancy X value theory of motivation would most likely say that two people can respond differently to the same incentive because A) they have different drives B) they have different unconscious motives C) they have different deficiency needs D) they evaluate the worth of the incentive differently E) they have different instincts
OC userin Psychology·7 Feb 201817. Structure C is called the a. Sclera b. Optic Chiasm c. Ganglion cells d. Fovea
OC userin Psychology·4 Feb 201821. Hypnosis involves a state of a. heightened openness to suggestion b. improved perceptual skills. c. being under mind control. d. increased physical stamina.
OC userin Psychology·3 Feb 201813. A limitation of Correlational research is that A) the data do not permit cause and effect conclusions B) the correlation coefficient only goes from -1.00 to +1.00 C) the data collected cannot be plotted D) it only addresses questions that cannot be studied experimentally E) it does not allow us to make predictions about the variables
OC userin Psychology·3 Feb 201815) The depth cue where things near the retina seem to move faster than those that are further is called?
OC userin Psychology·1 Feb 201819. As dusk occurs, blue and green colors appear darker and deeper. This is called? a. motion parallax b. color bi-constancy C. purkinje shift d. Lowel's colors
OC userin Psychology·31 Jan 201830. The gradual disappearance of aresponse that is no longer being reinforced is called: a. extinction. c. spontaneous remission b. unconditioning. d. conditioned forgetting. e. none of these.
OC userin Psychology·29 Jan 201849. Any given child has a 50% chance of sharing any particular gene with his/her A) biological mother B) biological father C) non-twin biological sibling D) fraternal twin E) all of the above
OC userin Psychology·27 Jan 201845. In Asch's conformity studies (where participant's had to judge the length of lines), what effect did a dissenter have (a confederate who disagrees with the others)? A) dissenters were criticized and excluded from the group B) dissenters increased conformity C) dissenters reduced conformity D) dissenters only reduced conformity if they dissented by choosing the correct answer E) dissenters only increased conformity if they dissented by choosing the correct answer