Jade has been somewhat down lately and her friends are getting concerned. They suggest a night on the town scoping out good-looking guys. According to Kenrick, Montello, Gutierres, & Trost (1993), why might this work?
a. Drinking is a positive way to elevate her mood.
b. When we see attractive people of the opposite sex, our mood is more positive.
c. When we see attractive people of the same sex, our mood is elevated.
d. Being exposed to beauty rarely influences our mood.
b
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Psychologists who support the situated-cognition approach to problem solving would be most likely to emphasize
a. that people often learn to solve a problem in a specific context, and then they cannot transfer it to other situations. b. how people reach creative solutions, rather than obvious solutions. c. that people can easily transfer their knowledge from one problem to another similar problem. d. how people typically divide their attention among several competing components of the initial state.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three possibilities the book talks about as happening when one person in a codependent relationship tries to change?
a. The other person attempts to keep them from changing with threats, put-downs, or sabotage. b. The other person begins to look for what's missing. c. The other person leaves the relationship. d. The other person beings to change, too.