Psychologists Use the General Term _____ to Refer to All

question 35

Multiple Choice

Psychologists use the general term _____ to refer to all those behaviors that benefit others.

• A) prosocial
• B) nice
• C) altruistic
• D) empathetic

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Definitions:

Phineas Gage

A historically significant case in neuropsychology where an individual survived a traumatic brain injury, providing early evidence of the role of the frontal lobes in personality and behavior.

Modus Ponens

A form of logical argument where from premises in the form "If P, then Q" and "P is true," it logically follows that "Q is true."

Cognitive Overload

Breakdown of cognitive processing that occurs when the available information exceeds processing capacity.

Representativeness Heuristic

Representativeness Heuristic is a cognitive shortcut that involves judging the probability of an event by its similarity to a prototype.