Bob tends to wait until the "last minute" to buy Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, this year, by the time he tried to purchase a gift for his wife, the store had closed

He convinced himself that everything in the store was overpriced anyway, so he decided to make a gift for his wife himself. Arguably, Bob is using a type of ________ in order to convince himself that he "never had a chance" to purchase the gift.

A) magical thinking

Psychology

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The basic taste qualities are

a. simple, complex, and interactive. b. temperature, texture, and chemical composition. c. bland, spicy, rancid, and tart. d. sweet, sour, bitter, saline (salty), and umami.

Psychology

Ten-year-old Steve runs over to Keesha on the playground and tells her that she has "cooties."

Keesha chases after him and yells that he has "cooties." This is an example of ____________________ in middle childhood play. a. gender segregation b. bullying c. boundary violations d. dominance hierarchies

Psychology