All of the following statements about carcinogens are true EXCEPT:
An old advertisement for ice cream bars touted the bars as “…
An old advertisement for ice cream bars touted the bars as “sinfully” delicious—so delicious that they should be banned or forbidden. The advertisement, which sought to make the bars seem as attractive to people as possible, was apparently playing on the concept of ____.
One characteristic of being an incremental theorist rather t…
One characteristic of being an incremental theorist rather than an entity theorist is that you are more likely to ____.
A politician made comments about rape and argued that when i…
A politician made comments about rape and argued that when it resulted in the birth of a child, rape could have positive outcomes. People wondered if this politician had any idea how such comments would be perceived. In social psychological terms, the politician seems to have low _____.
If the patient has a 100% higher (2-fold greater) risk of ge…
If the patient has a 100% higher (2-fold greater) risk of getting a cancer than average, their relative risk is expressed as:
Lalisa thinks that her abilities are fluid and capable of ch…
Lalisa thinks that her abilities are fluid and capable of changing and developing over time. She decides to try to learn gardening. Her first year of planting is a complete failure—nearly every plant dies. She only harvests a few tomatoes. Given this information about Lalisa, what can you predict about her interest in gardening?
The experience of learned helplessness is ____.
The experience of learned helplessness is ____.
Seahorses show a reversal of the usual sex roles; male seaho…
Seahorses show a reversal of the usual sex roles; male seahorses invest more time and energy into offspring than female seahorses do. What would an evolutionary psychologist be MOST likely to say about seahorses?
Suppose you own a rowboat and enjoy rowing on a nearby lake…
Suppose you own a rowboat and enjoy rowing on a nearby lake in the summer. In June, you are planning to go rowing with two of your friends (three people in total in the boat), and in July, you are planning to go rowing with just one friend (two people in the boat).Will you put in more effort (row harder) on the three-person trip or the two-person trip?
Fernando, a student teacher, has completed his first week of…
Fernando, a student teacher, has completed his first week of teaching middle school mathematics. He received positive feedback from his supervising teachers, and his students were also happy. However, one supervisor made a few sarcastic comments on his teaching methods. Fernando is disturbed by the comments, but his peers advise him not to hinge on the analysis of his performance on the negative comments of just one supervisor. Instead, they urge him to consider the collective positive feedback he has received from all the other people involved. According to Mead’s theory, Fernando is told to focus on _____.