A patient with panic disorder tends to interpret the rapid beating of his heart as a heart attack; a cognitive psychologist would call this

Researchers Baron and Straus (1984) found a positive correlation between the number of sexually explicit magazines sold in different states and the number of reported rapes in each of those states

They refrained from concluding that exposure to pornography caused men to rape because of the potential influence of a third variable. Which of the following might constitute that third variable? a. sales of explicit magazines in those states b. number of reported rapes in those states c. exposure to pornography in those states d. a hypermasculine culture in those states

Regarding the relationship of personal factors to happiness, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Less educated people tend to be a little happier than the more educated. b. Overall, men and women do not differ in happiness, although women do have a tendency to experience higher emotional highs and lower lows than men do. c. People who are satisfied with their jobs tend to be happier, but the association between happiness and job satisfaction is weak. d. Married people report greater happiness than people who are divorced, separated, or single.