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To remember information for your Psychology quiz, you associate concepts with different objects in your kitchen (e.g. your oven is your hippocampus).  Which mnemonic are you using?

Taylor was invited to a party where she didn’t know any of the other guests. Yet, by easily understanding and interacting with others, she quickly became the life of the party. Taylor is high in _____ intelligence?

Which layer of the arteries is responsible for vasoconstriction?

Having feelings of doing poorly, physically wearing out, or becoming emotionally exhausted because of stress at work is called:

After eating a slice of pizza at Mario’s Kingdom pizza restaurant, Bobby gets sick and never wants to eat pizza again. This experience is a form of what learning process?

Louise is afraid of spiders. Carl helps Louise conquer her fear by teaching her to relax when she views pictures of spiders. This example best illustrates?

Vincent and Riley are involved in a new relationship.     They feel both very emotionally close and passionately toward each other, yet they are not committed to a long-term relationship. According to Sternberg’s triangular theory, Vincent and Riley have ______ love.

Sonya is waiting in line at the movie theater when a stranger cuts in front of her. Her friend says “This is a consequence because you ran a red light to get here on time!” Which of the following hypothesis best characterizes her friend’s belief? 

Natasha claimed that her failure to get straight “A’s” in college meant she was incompetent. Her therapist quickly challenged this assertion, commenting, “By your strange calculations, well over 90 percent of all college students are incompetent!” The therapist’s response was typical of a(n) __________ therapist.

Frida is a cook at a restaurant and is always concerned about making people sick if she forgets to wash her hands. To help with this stress, she washes her hands exactly 30 times every day. Frida may have ______________. Her intrusive thoughts are an example of ___________. Her excessive hand-washing is an example of ___________.