Psychology - Social And Applied Psychology Pre Quiz 8

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During a drought, Lynne noticed that all of her neighbors had stopped watering their lawns even though there were no laws against it. Lynne was following a(n) ________ norm when she let her lawn turn brown, too

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With regard to leadership, most social psychologists would agree that

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Applying the research findings of Debra Pepler and colleagues (2002), how soon would we want to introduce interventions to deal with alcohol abuse and dating violence?

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Raphael is asked a series of questions about his study behaviors. The answers range from 1 (always) to 7 (never). This series of questions is most accurately characterized as which of the following?

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Although the structured interview helps to reduce the bias often present in a conventional interview, it does not do so completely because

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After seeing the movie Fargo, Craig firmly believes that Minnesotans and North Dakotans are the goofiest people in the United States

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Suggest one way a couple might improve their sexual functioning

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A common myth about public life is that it is only for celebrities, activists, and people who like to be in the spotlight. Lappe and DuBois argue that:

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Reis and colleagues have proposed a model of the way ________ is created in the interaction of two people

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Which of the following is TRUE regarding sexual harassment?

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A combination of cognitive and hypno-therapies teach child sexual abuse victims how to understand and handle the trauma of their assaults more effectively

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John, a 40-year-old man, discounts climatic threats and does not believe that temperature and sea levels are rising because of climatic change. He is against the imposition of a carbon tax and argues that an automotive fuel economy standard is enough to control emissions. In the context of persuasion, John's resistance to climate science is due to ________ in this scenario.

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As described in class, long-lasting couples cite which of the following as important to their staying together:

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In some cases a defendant who had confessed will enter a plea of not guilty and go to trial. If the jury convicts this defendant, judges are likely to sentence the defendant _____________ A. leniently because the judge will focus on the plea. B. leniently because the judge will try to match what the plea bargain would have been

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Which of the following persons is known to have done survey research on the sexuality of women during the Victorian Era?

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What field of psychology allows us to gain insight into what is going on in the brain when individuals are engaged in social behaviour?

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Which country was the first to legalize same-sex marriage?

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Private contemplation about the self in order to gain self-knowledge is called _____

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Sandra goes to a party and drinks too much beer. Sandra is intoxicated when a woman she does not like begins to make rude comments to her. Given Sandra's intoxicated state, what is her reaction likely to be?

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According to the different types of social support, _________ involves helping people interpret, or "make sense of," what has happened to them.

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Which of the following interventions represent a "hybrid" of behavioral and

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One of the most common early symptoms of AIDS, in women, is

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Older patients are less likely than younger patients to

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Brigit is trying to not think about the fight she had with a roommate because she needs to pay attention during her psychology class that starts in 20 minutes. According to research in the text, what advice would you give her?

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Aging in our society is often associated with sexlessness for many reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of these reasons?

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The notion that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people is known as:

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Which of the following is true of the varying gender roles in the world?

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Which of the following is associated with the absence of menstruation in a woman who has had regular periods in the past?

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The text considered several plausible explanations for the failure of the Cambridge-Somerville project on preventing youth from going down a criminal path. What was one explanation that was suggested?

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When you behave as your boss asks, this is most accurately called what?

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The link between depressive disorders and heart disease is

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One measure of the social distance between people is known as

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With regard to cultural barriers to psychotherapy, some cultural groups in the United States prefer to rely less on psychotherapy than on assistance from

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Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, sex education programs in the U.K. focused on ____

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Eight-year-old Becky is more likely than eight-year-old Tom to engage in which of the following behaviors?

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Fear arousal is likely to be an effective persuasive tactic

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John seems to tell everyone about his highschool "friend: who was picked up by a MLB team even though John barely knew the guy. John is engaging in which of the following?

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The use of positive reinforcements, such as money or new clothing, to encourage weight loss in an obesity treatment program is an example of

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In what year did the American Psychological Association declassify homosexuality as a mental illness?

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Strangers were brought into a research lab and were instructed to discuss a personally meaningful topic in research conducted by Pryzbylski and Weinstein (2013)

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When people make external, unstable attributions for others' successes or failures, these attributions tend to concern questions of ____

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Exposure to violence on TV or in movies has been shown to ________

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Emiliano believes that dogs are better than cats. He decides to search the Internet one day to see if his opinion is rooted in fact. He reads several articles that consider all sides of the matter, presenting a rather blurry picture of whether humans should prefer the company of dogs or cats. What does research suggest Emiliano is most likely to conclude based on reading all this new information?

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