Sam wants to be a clinical psychologist. He has been accepted at two different graduate schools. Both schools are equally prestigious and would provide him with an outstanding education. He must choose to attend one of the schools. Psychologists would call this type of conflict a(n)
a. avoidance-avoidance conflict. c. approach-approach conflict.
b. approach-avoidance conflict. d. multiple approach-avoidance conflict.
C
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A politician says he is tired of criminals "getting away with crimes." He thinks all people arrested for criminal offenses should be given a polygraph examination and cites a recent report in which polygraphs identified 90 percent of criminals in
a study of staged crimes. Being a good psychological detective, what question do you think this politician should ask? a) "What polygraph method was used?" b) "How experienced were the polygraph examiners?" c) "How many people were found to be false positives?" d) "What is the correlation between physiological arousal and criminality?"
People who have had too much alcohol to drink might do uncharacteristic things like pick a fight. This is because
A. higher-level brain functions that would restrict aggression are diminished. B. alcohol increases activity in lower-level brain areas related to aggression. C. alcohol only affects the central nervous system, but not the peripheral nervous system. D. alcohol has specific effects on aggression neurons.
Suppose John has completed a study where he engaged in "stereotype negation training." Given this scenario, John will likely ________
A) be extremely confused by the procedure and, consequently, offer neutral responses B) feel guilty about the fact that he associated certain racial stereotypes with the racial group toward which the stereotypes are typically targeted C) continue to associate the racial stereotype with the member of the race in question D) be much less inclined to associate the racial stereotype with the picture of the member of the matching race E) display much less overt stereotyping but become more covertly prejudiced
Forgetting is NOT a result of __________
a. a loss in accessibility b. interference c. inhibition d. consolidation