If he is like most preschoolers, Dougie is likely to believe that girls are more likely than boys to be
a. physically aggressive
b. strong and dominant.
c. verbally aggressive.
d. capable of playing football.
c
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The physical memory trace for information in the brain is known as the engram
a. true b. false
A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm. He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that, as part of the study,
they would receive electric shocks. He did not frighten the other group of subjects. Finally, he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone. What was the independent variable in this study? a. tendency to desire the company of others b. level of shock c. level of anxiety d. the anxious group
You are an elementary school teacher who wants to increase the amount of helping your students give to each other. According to research on labeling effects, which of the following strategies is likely to be successful?
A) Put several mirrors in the classroom. B) Punish the children when they are not helpful. C) Tell the children that they are not helpful in order to induce reactance. D) Tell the children that they are kind and helpful.
To whom did William James say, "The future of psychology belongs to your work?"
a. Witmer b. Freud c. Cattell d. G. Stanley Hall