Evolutionary psychology would have the most trouble explaining which of the following incidents?
a. When Jane was in a building that caught on fire, she let everyone else exit before her, even though she didn't know them.
b. Bob risks his life to save his nephew, who was drowning.
c. Nancy runs in front of a moving car to keep her daughter from being hit.
d. When Kareem was put in the unfortunate situation of saving his cousin or his son in a boating accident, he chose to save his son.
Answer: A
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Peter Gollwitzer and his colleagues have made a similar distinction between two kinds of intentions. A ______ is the intent to reach a particular outcome and an ________ concerns the how, when, and where of the process?
A. minor intention, major intention. B. primary intention, secondary intention. C. implementation intention, goal intention. D. goal intention, implementation intention.
What we remember when in a given mood is influenced in part by what we learned when previously in that mood. This is known as _____________
a. mood congruence effects b. mood dependent memory c. counterfactual thinking d. mood reliant memory