Question 1

The arousal that lingers after an intense argument may intensify sexual passion. This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  relative deprivation. 
B)  the spillover effect. 
C)  the adaptation-level phenomenon. 
D)  the feel-good, do-good phenomenon.

Question 2

Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf several times each week on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course, the more his game improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory and long-term memory. 
B)  proactive interference and retroactive interference. 
C)  explicit memory and implicit memory. 
D)  recognition and recall.

Question 3

Shortly after Alex learned that he had failed to make the high school football team, he vandalized the team's locker room and broke several classroom windows. His behavior is best explained in terms of

Accepted Answer

A)  group polarization. 
B)  the mere exposure effect. 
C)  social loafing. 
D)  the frustration-aggression principle.

Exam 20: Insight, Language, and Memory: Exploring Cognitive Processe

The arousal that lingers after an intense argument may intensify sexual passion. This best illustrates

Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf several times each week on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course, the more his game improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between

Shortly after Alex learned that he had failed to make the high school football team, he vandalized the team's locker room and broke several classroom windows. His behavior is best explained in terms of