A person who is undergoing catharsis while in a session of psychoanalytic therapy will express strongly felt, but usually repressed, emotions

a. true
b. false


Answer: a. true

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The text describes a study finding that defendants’ appearance as more stereotypically African American was highly predictive of the men’s sentences when the victims were White. Describe the concept of implicit measures of prejudice. What role might implicit prejudice have played in this study? What other information would be helpful to gain a more detailed understanding of the study’s

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In Stanley Milgram's classic study on obedience, the teacher was the _____, whereas the learner was the _____

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