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Theo is trying to decide which of two types of motorcycle to buy. Initially he rates the two types as being pretty much the same. On a scale of 1-100 (with 100 being the best), he rates Motorcycle A as a 75 and Motorcycle B as a 70. He then reads an article that says that Motorcycle A has many mechanical flaws that make it likely to constantly need expensive maintenance. This causes his rating of Motorcycle A to shift dramatically down to a 50. He shows the article to a friend of his who is a motorcycle expert. The friend laughs and says that everything in the article is completely false and that the author of the article is known to hate Motorcycle A. This makes Theo feel a bit better about Motorcycle A. He changes his rating of Motorcyle A again, now up to a 65. The fact that Theo’s final rating of Motorcycle A (rating = 65) doesn’t return to what it was before he learned the false information (rating = 75) is consistent with what decision-making issue?

Catherine is a clinical psychologist interested in the relationship between video game playing and symptoms of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Catherine randomly recruits 400 9-year-old children. She asks each child’s parent/guardian to fill out two surveys. In the first survey, they are asked to indicate how many hours their child spends playing video games each week. In the second survey, they are asked to indicate whether or not their child exhibits 20 possible behaviors associated with ADHD. For each child, Catherine plots their number of hours of reported game play against the number of behaviors associated with ADHD that they show. When she does this, she ends up with the following graph: Catherine’s data plot shows what type of relationship between video game hours and symptoms of ADHD?

Patrick has horrible back pain. He finds though that when he goes to a Yoga class in the morning, the back pain he experiences during the day is significantly reduced (i.e., is taken away). Over time, because of this, he becomes more and more likely to attend Yoga class. This would be an example of what type of operant conditioning?

The nurse is providing education to a patient taking ferrous sulfate. What information will the nurse include in their teaching?

Brenda and Kari are teammates on their college soccer team. They’ve been playing soccer together since elementary school. Brenda knows that Kari always tries as absolute hard as she can when she’s playing. Kari never slacks off. When the conference championship game arrives, Kari has a very bad ankle injury. During the game, a ball is hit past Kari and she’s not able to keep up with the opposing player who easily beats her to the ball. The opposing player then scores a goal that wins the game. If a fan fell victim to the fundamental attribution error, they would likely assuming that __________, which is a ________ attribution.

Tammy and Rebecca were at a party when suddenly a man ran through the house wearing Scooby Doo pajamas. They both laughed and then went back to enjoying the party. That night, Tammy was telling her roommate about the man and said, “Other than the pajamas, he looked pretty normal – medium height, light brown curly hair, and a trimmed beard. That’s pretty much all I remember.” The next day, Tammy talked about the incident with Rebecca. Rebecca said, “He didn’t look like the kind of guy that would have a nose piercing, so that was the first thing I noticed.” At the end of the year, Tammy and Rebecca were once again talking about the party. Tammy said, “Remember the guy with the Scooby Doo pajamas and that weird nose piercing?” In this scenario, the change in Tammy’s memory is most consistent with what memory issue?

Differences in the amplitude of a light wave will be perceived as differences in ________. Differences in the amplitude of a sound wave will be perceived as differences in _________.

Jenna is incredibly imaginative and creative. She loves seeing new types of art and frequents modern art museums. She also enjoys experiencing new cultures that are very different from her own. Often, she incorporates aspects of these new cultures into her own paintings. Based only on the description above, which of the Big 5 personality dimensions would Jenna score HIGH in?

Which studying methods have been found to BOTH have low effectiveness for learning?

Which of the following hormones are secreted by the posterior pituitary gland? (Select all that apply).