Linda is facing a stressful and possibly embarrassing situation. Which of the following situations is most likely to help reduce her physiological distress?
When Milgram asked 110 psychiatrists, college students, and middle-class adults to predict the results of his experiment, the respondents said that they thought ________.
Why were the ancient erotic materials found in the ruins of Pompeii known to only a few for so many years?
a. Early discoverers of Pompeii hid the evidence
Which of the following is an explanation offered in your book for why Al Capone, who many regarded as a kind man, engaged in numerous acts of aggression?
On your birthday, you arrive home and are overjoyed to find a large bouquet of flowers from your best friend. Your eyes grow wide and a broad smile crosses your face. You laugh in delight. This example best illustrates the use of nonverbal behavior to
A white man is given an expensive traffic ticket by a black police officer. As a result, the man fires all of his black employees. The man's behavior can best be explained by which type of theory?
Juanita is a Hispanic woman living on a low income, and experiences discrimination on the basis of all three of these characteristics. Juanita's situation is an example of which concept below?
Women are underrepresented among corporation presidents and vice-presidents, tenured full professors, and other high level professional positions. This phenomenon is called:
Imagine that you are trying to promote a new type of low-fat snack food to a group of people in the grocery store. You know that these people are paying attention and are motivated to process your message
Research by Gesch et al. (2002) showed that prisoners who received nutritional supplements were involved in ________ violent incidents than those in the placebo group.
Although men maintain their fertility much longer than women do, increasing evidence is showing that later-in-life fatherhood may carry some increased risk of birth defects for their children
The Nguyens give their baby a girl's name based on her physical characteristics. They dress her in pink and lace coveralls and put bows in her thin hair. Which of the following is being emphasized here?
Suppose you wanted to get people to use less electricity where you work by getting them to turn off lights when they leave. Which of the following is most likely to succeed, based on research in social psychology?
Michelle and Emile were in a family restaurant when they noticed a couple of elderly ladies frowning at them. Apparently, the ladies did not approve of Michelle and Emile's public displays of affection. Michelle and Emile violated a(n) ________ norm
Danny, who is 64 and an African American, works with Mel, a man of Scottish heritage in his early 30s. Both men are police officers assigned to protect Joe, a 58-year-old man of German extraction who is a witness in an important case. Danny has been married for 36 years; Mel and Joe are single. Which man should be the most concerned about prostate cancer?
If you believe that Timmy learned to hit sister by imitating his father, who often hits his mother, you are explaining his aggression with social learning theory