To examine the relationship between temperature and violence, Priti manipulates the thermostat in her laboratory while participants are engaged in a military simulation game. She then looks at the effect of this manipulation on aggressive behavior during the game, comparing participants in the "warm" condition to those in the "comfortable" condition. Priti's research best characterizes the field
of
a. sociology.
b. social psychology.
c. clinical psychology.
d. personality psychology.
b
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Dr. Arnold is working with a patient who has been diagnosed with pedophilia. Dr. Arnold would like to reduce testosterone levels in this patient. Which strategy would he be likely to try first?
a. Depo-Provera b. SSRIs c. Chemical castration d. Aversion treatment
Two students take a History exam. The first student has an A average but makes a C on the test whereas the second student who has a D average makes an A on the exam. Assuming that these discrepancies on this test are due to measurement error, it is likely that the first student will make a(n) _______ and the second student will make a(n) _______ on the next exam
a. C; A b. A; D c. C; C d. C; B
Teresa hid dad's slippers. With a smile, he waves his hands and uses baby talk to wonder where his slippers "walked off to hide.". Dad shows
a. multimodal motherese. b. how pidgins become changed into creoles. c. the sensitive-period hypothesis. d. the adult-age expression of vocables.
Describe how bulimia nervosa resembles drug addiction.
What will be an ideal response?