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Nena is trying to decide if a job offer she has just received is a good or bad offer. I just don’t feel good about it, she thinks. Based on this feeling, Nena decides it is a bad offer. Nena’s decision process is consistent with the ________________ hypothesis. [BLANK-1]

When people are tired, their mental energy levels drop, and they become susceptible to false statements.

Suppose that Ana is given the opportunity to try out three different kinds of hotdogs, and suppose that Odin is given the opportunity to try out twelve different kinds of hot dogs. After trying the hot dogs, they get the chance to buy hot dogs. Research suggests that ____.

Two political candidates—Candidate A and Candidate B—run a series of negative advertisements about one another. Research suggests that ____.

Your cousin asks you to pledge $5.00 for a school charity one year. The next year, she asks you to pledge $20.00. And the following year, she asks you to pledge $50.00. Even though you would have never agreed to pledge $50.00 the first year, her “gradual buildup approach” is successful. In social psychology, this approach to persuasion is known as the ____.

Round [m][x],[n] to the nearest ten thousand.

Suppose that in the Venn diagram above, Region I has [i] elements. Region II has [ii] elements. Region III has [iii] elements. Region IV has [iv] elements. Region V has [v] elements. Region VI has [vi] elements. Region VII has [vii] elements. Region VIII has [viii] elements. How many elements are in B or C, but not A?

In the previous question, we started with two 1’s to get the sequence going. What if we started with [a] and [b] instead? Then the third number in the sequence would be [a]+[b]. Similar to how you performed the arithmetic for the previous question, determine the eighth number in the sequence, using [a] and [b] as the first two numbers. What is that eighth number?

Let , , and . Determine the elements of

B. Kulturjournal: Wie man wohnt. Read the following statements about how Germans live and indicate whether they are true (das stimmt) or false (das stimmt nicht) based on the cultural reading in your book. (8 points) The typical German dwelling has about 1,000 square meters of living space. [a] In Germany, the kitchen and guest rooms are not counted when describing the number of rooms in an apartment. [b] A “Wohngemeinschaft” or “WG” is cooperative housing with shared kitchen and bath facilities. [c] Germans typically prefer living spaces with lots of light and soft colors. [d] A “Zweizimmerwohnung” has two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bath. [e] Corrections. Now provide correct answers for any false statements above. [f]