When you meet your best friend’s girlfriend for the first time, you try to decide whether or not she is good enough for her. Social psychologists would call this “sizing up” ___________.

a. person perception
b. cognition
c. expectancies
d. beliefs


a. person perception

Psychology

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The paradigms presented in your text make assumptions about the causes of abnormal behavior that can be too

a. broad. b. narrow. c. untestable. d. vague.

Psychology

The observed frequencies for a chi-square test can be fractions or decimal values

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

Kraska and Balko have documented an observation that American police have become increasingly ______________ over the last 30 years.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Psychology

The use of serotonin reuptake inhibitors to treat paraphilias is based on the theory that paraphilias may be a

A) type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. B) form of depression. C) variant of post-traumatic stress disorder. D) sexual addiction.

Psychology