You are paying close attention to a basketball game on TV. Suddenly your attention shifts to your roommate, who is talking to someone on the phone about the upcoming exam in a psychology class you both take. This conversation most likely captured your attention because it

A rehabilitation center reinforces patients’ good behaviors with Monopoly money, which they can then trade in for food, movies, or other privileges. When they behave badly, however, the patients lose play money. To modify the patients’ behavior, the center is using

Travis is taking a new medicine that has a side effect of disrupting his short-term storage. Based on this fact, you know that Travis will have difficulty recalling

George is traveling to visit his friend Ryan in a neighboring town but has to take a detour due to road construction. At first George feels lost, but then he notices a sign for Madison Street and immediately knows where he is and how to navigate to Ryan’s house. In this situation, George has reached Ryan’s house by using

Juan’s mother has always said that Bill Clinton was the best U.S. president of the past 50 years. Juan decides to write a paper about Clinton for his history class. He searches online for evidence that Clinton was the best president, and he finds many resources that support this claim. Juan’s approach to his internet search was possibly affected by which cognitive bias?

Darius tutors school children for two hours every week. Each month, his boss asks him to tutor one additional hour. By the end of the year, he is tutoring 12 hours a week. To increase Darius’s tutoring hours, his boss has used the ________ strategy.

Four witnesses see a truck hit a small car. If they all saw the same thing, who is likely to give the highest estimate of the truck’s speed when testifying in court?

Stephanie has social anxiety disorder. The more social fears she has, the more likely she is to

Based on the evidence provided in your textbook regarding the behavioral effects of Ritalin therapy, which of the following outcomes is most likely in a group of 12-year-old boys taking the drug for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Rand gets very anxious when he is in an enclosed space. Every time he gets in an elevator, he thinks, “I will never get out of here alive.” His therapist encourages Rand to replace these thoughts with more rational ones, such as, “The doors of the elevator closed correctly, and they will open correctly in just a minute.” His therapist is using