explanations of questions - 15 Feb. 2025 Psy1142 Ans. c Sol. Hofstede’s cultural dimension named "uncertainty avoidance" is "the extent to which a society, organization, or group relies on social norms, rules, and procedures to alleviate the unpredictability of future events". This dimension characterizes tolerance for ambiguity. Psy1143 Ans. d Sol. In psychology, the Stroop effect is the delay in reaction time between congruent and incongruent stimuli. The effect has been used to create a psychological test that is widely used in clinical practice and investigation. It occurs when the name of a colour doesn't match the colour in which it's printed (e.g., the word "red" appears in blue text rather than red). In such a colour test you'd likely take longer to name the colour (and be more likely to get it wrong) than if the colour of the ink matched the word. Psy1144 Ans. c Sol. The law of effects states that behaviours followed by satisfiers will tend to be repeated while behaviours followed by annoyers will tend not to be repeated. Thorndike was the one who first formulated it.