Veronica feels sad whenever she sees homeless people. She worries that they are cold at night and may not have enough to eat. Hoffman would suggest that Veronica is exhibiting ________

Fill in the blanks with correct word

empathy

Psychology

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Schachter and Singer demonstrated that an individual in a state of arousal for which she/he does not have a satisfactory explanation, will:

A) Tend to label this state in terms of alternative cues available from the environment. B) Not tend to label this state in terms of alternative cues available from the environment. C) Be readily manipulated into states of emotion. D) Try to manipulate others with her/his feelings. E) Both (A) & (C).

Psychology

Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in

the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that while remembers the names of the people in the fourth group, he can no longer recall the names of anyone he met earlier in the party. Lamar's experience demonstrates a. the phonological similarity effect. b. retroactive interference. c. the cocktail party phenomenon. d. a partial-report procedure.

Psychology