In his study at Stanford, Zimbardo attempted to understand prison conditions through studying
a. prisons and guards from real prisons in a laboratory situation.
b. attitudes of government and business leaders toward prisoners.
c. public attitudes toward prison conditions.
d. college students in a laboratory situation.
e. college students in their real life situations.
D
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Older adults are at increased risk for abusing alcohol if they simply continue their alcohol habits from earlier points in their lives. This is because, with age, we
a. metabolize alcohol more slowly. b. drink more to get the same effect. c. find that alcohol is easier to obtain. d. have more serious interactions between alcohol and other medications.
Which of the following did the conflict theory advocate?
A) Societies are stable and cooperative systems. B) Difficulties in families are a result of individual shortcomings. C) The process of conflict changing traditional roles is natural. D) Conflict promotes structures and values that are more oppressive.
Women are more likely than men to look forward to the role of grandparent
a. True b. False
Optimistic scenarios about the impact of high technology stress that the technology is
a. rapidly increasing. b. neutral and inevitable. c. impossible to control. d. too expensive to be widely acquired. e. a substitute for worker skill.