Imagine that you have volunteered to participate in some psychology research. The researcher tells you to look at several words briefly, and then count backwards for about half a minute before recalling those words. The researcher is probably measuring

Which of the following statements regarding the Carney et al. (2010) power-posing research is true?

a. Standing in a closed posture with one's arms wrapped around one's own torso tends to be a high-power pose. b. While participants who previously had posed in a high-power posture exhibited evidence of increased testosterone, their self-report responses indicated that they did not feel more powerful after the manipulation. c. Participants who posed in a high-power posture adopted riskier strategies on a subsequent gambling task. d. Participants were less willing to adopt low-power poses compared to high-power poses.

Research on gender differences in empathy suggests that ____ in accurately understanding the emotional states of others

a. women are quite a bit better b. women are slightly better c. there are no gender differences d. men are quite a bit better