A person with PTSD who has a sudden, stressful response to a memory of a traumatic event would be in …

Robert Baron (1976) conducted a field experiment to study drivers' responses to a car that hesitated when a stoplight turned green. He found that when a confederate hobbled across the street on crutches in front of the lead car in the intersection, fewer drivers behind the lead car honked their horns. According to Baron, why was that?

A) Drivers at the rear were distracted by the sight of a person on crutches. B) Drivers at the rear were afraid honking their horns might frighten the person on crutches. C) Drivers at the rear felt empathy for the confederate, which inhibited their aggression. D) Drivers at the rear forgot all about their own troubles. E) Drivers at the rear were given a dispositional attribution for the lead driver's hesitation.

Chelsea's parents have been pressuring her to find a job

She wakes up Monday morning and makes a plan. First she'll look at the classified advertisements and then she'll look online for open positions. After that, she plans on calling all of her friends whose parents own a business to see if there are any open positions. These first steps and the plan she has created are best described as the _____ component of motivation. a) self-actualization b) assimilation c) persistence d) activation