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Last weekend, Jerrod’s car broke down for the fourth time this month. Instead of choosing to purchase a new car, he continues to send it to the mechanic for repairs because he had already spent a large sum of money on previous repairs. Jerrod is making his decision based on (the) _____________.

Jorge conducted a study and found that students who sleep more the night before an exam tend to perform better on that exam. The correlation coefficient between hours of sleep and exam performance was r = 0.81, which can be described as a __________________.

When observing participants, experimenters should try to eliminate ______, which (are cues/is a cue) that allow(s) research participants to guess what the experimenter is investigating

Theresa has been feeling very sad for a month. Her sadness is so pronounced that she has not showered for days on end, has sometimes forgotten to eat, and has not been interested in doing anything. Theresa likely has _________________.

Emily and her mother are taking a cooking class together. When the dish they are making goes horribly wrong, Emily is able to figure out a way to fix their mistake and they end up with a delicious meal. This capacity to learn new ways of solving problems is called ____________.

Mike wants to know how many licks it takes to get to the center of his all day lollipop. He tells his friends that “one full gyration of the tongue around the outer surface of the lollipop” is what constitutes a “lick”. In an informal way, Mike is offering a(n) ______________.

Maria and Rebecca are trying to learn to ski. Maria learns quickly whereas Rebecca, a seasoned snowboarder, finds it difficult to learn the new information because old information she learned about snowboarding keeps getting in the way. Rebecca is experiencing __________.

Dori has been dieting by eating under 1,500 calories per day. She lost several pounds during the first few weeks of her diet, but she is no longer losing weight. This is most likely because ______________________.

Primary emotions like happiness, disgust, and fear have accompanying facial expressions widely recognized by most people, regardless of sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or other cultural factors

On a cold winter in New York City, people were shopping for the holidays. Because they were wearing scarves that covered their faces and hid their identities, the people in the crowd pushed each other out of the way more than usual. The phenomenon known as _____________ best explains their unusually rude behavior.