Izzy finds that when people vacate a parking spot, they do so more slowly when there is someone waiting to take their spot than if there is no one waiting. He attributes this behavior to an innate predisposition toward territoriality. It might be said that Izzy's findings represent a combination of work in social psychology and

Our __________ can affect our interpretation of ambiguous sensory signals. For example, somepeople see images of religious figures in food

a. possessions b. beliefs c. eating habits d. visual acuity

Many theorists believe that a hypnotist is merely a facilitator that helps another person to follow a series of suggestions, which means that hypnosis

a. involves autosuggestion. b. is not real, but faked. c. involves an uncontrollable psi ability. d. involves an altered sleep state.