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To understand humans, one needs only to know about environmental
rewards and punishments. This statement would most likely be endorsed by a
strict
✓ ~~> behaviorist
To understand humans, one needs only to know about environmental
rewards and punishments. This statement would most likely be endorsed by a
strict
✓ ~~> behaviorist
Several presidents have been given conflicting advice during wartime. Some
advisers urged the president to pursue a peaceful solution; others urged him
to escalate bombing to overcome the enemy. These presidents did not want
to go down in history as the first U.S. president to lose a war, so they have
chosen to escalate, thereby prolonging the war. According to your text, this
decision was most likely a consequence of the motive to
✓ ~~> justify previous actions
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Several presidents have been given conflicting advice during wartime. Some
advisers urged the president to pursue a peaceful solution; others urged him
to escalate bombing to overcome the enemy. These presidents did not want
to go down in history as the first U.S. president to lose a war, so they have
chosen to escalate, thereby prolonging the war. According to your text, this
decision was most likely a consequence of the motive to
✓ ~~> justify previous actions
Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and
common sense?
✓ ~~> Folk wisdom and common sense are filled with contradictions
Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and
common sense?
✓ ~~> Folk wisdom and common sense are filled with contradictions
Sometimes when we encounter behavior that is unpleasant or unexpected,
we assume that something about the person—and not the situation—caused
the behavior. In this sense, lay people are most like
✓ ~~> personality psychologists
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Sometimes when we encounter behavior that is unpleasant or unexpected,
we assume that something about the person—and not the situation—caused
the behavior. In this sense, lay people are most like
✓ ~~> personality psychologists
Professor Jaffrey believes that children learn to be polite when they are
rewarded for saying things like "please" and "thank you." Professor Jaffrey is
most likely a ________ psychologist
✓ ~~> behavioral
Professor Jaffrey believes that children learn to be polite when they are
rewarded for saying things like "please" and "thank you." Professor Jaffrey is
most likely a ________ psychologist
✓ ~~> behavioral
The social cognition approach compares people to amateur
✓ ~~> detectives
The social cognition approach compares people to amateur
✓ ~~> detectives
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You've heard that members of a certain fraternity or sorority are snobs.
Whenever you see members of that fraternity or sorority, you look down and
hurry past them. When they don't greet you, you say to yourself, "Just like I
thought—they're all arrogant snobs." You have experienced a phenomenon
known as
✓ ~~> the self-fulfilling prophecy
You've heard that members of a certain fraternity or sorority are snobs.
Whenever you see members of that fraternity or sorority, you look down and
hurry past them. When they don't greet you, you say to yourself, "Just like I
thought—they're all arrogant snobs." You have experienced a phenomenon
known as
✓ ~~> the self-fulfilling prophecy
Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social
psychologist?
✓ ~~> What situations cause people to behave rudely?
Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social
psychologist?
✓ ~~> What situations cause people to behave rudely?
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