A famous study conducted by social psychologists Aron and Dutton, found that a female experimenter was most likely to be called by participants after they had walked across a scary, narrow bridge as opposed to after they had walked across a normal, stable bridge. This finding can be most easily explained by ____
a. the Yerkes-Dodson law
b. sham
c. catharsis
d. excitation transfer
D
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a. commonly have arranged marriages. b. have changed to a view of marriage based on love. c. have less marital satisfaction than those high in individualistic values. d. have all of these.
For those with major mental disorders, hospitalization is often used as therapy because it is
a. a venue to conduct psychosurgery, such as deep lesioning. b. a sanctuary that provides diagnosis, support, refuge, and therapy. c. a free place to stay without the financial pressures of the real-world. d. an opportunity to engage in immunotherapy.
In determining what your specialty in psychology should be or what sequence of courses and degrees you must follow, you should
a. ask your professor for help. b. join the psychology club and attend departmental activities, like the colloquia. c. become a student member of one of the national psychology associations. d. do all of these.
Thus far, researchers have found no link between religious involvement of adolescents and positive developmental outcomes
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.