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​Suppose that you are trying to quit smoking, but that you are having trouble doing so. When you stop to think about why you might be having so much trouble (i.e., when you try to analyze what your resistance is to quitting), you are relying on ____.

​According to evolutionary theory, the traits of which man should be most favored by natural selection?

​Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to concern about how others are evaluating your performance.

The Yerkes-Dodson law addresses ____.​

​Humans are different from other animals in several different ways. For example, unlike other animals, humans ____.

Bacterial action in urine will cause it to smell like asparagus.

According to ____, if a man wants a woman to like him more, then buying her flowers or candy can be an effective strategy.​

What makes people most reluctant to live alone?​

In one well-known study on empathy, participants had to watch a confederate (“Elaine”) receive electric shocks. They were told either that they had to watch 10 full trials of shocks, or that they could leave after watching the first two trials only. They were also told that their values and interests were similar to those of the confederate (similar group), or that their values and interests were different from those of the confederate (dissimilar group). After the first two trials had been completed, participants were asked whether they would switch places with the confederate—she was apparently very upset by the shocks due to a negative childhood experience with electricity. Which group almost never agreed to switch places?​

Angry moods tend to lead to increased aggression because ____.​