Carlos died by intentionally stepping in front of a bullet that was intended for another young man, for whom Carlos, as head of a platoon of soldiers in the Persian Gulf War, was responsible. Emile Durkheim would call this an example of:
A) anomic suicide.
B) egoistic suicide.
C) imitative suicide.
D) altruistic suicide.
Ans: D) altruistic suicide.
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Many different factors contribute to the bystander effect. Which factor does not contribute directly to the bystander effect?
a. audience inhibition b. time pressure c. pluralistic ignorance d. diffusion of responsibility
Which of the following findings has been most frequently interpreted as evidence for scapegoat theory?
a. The finding that people often state that they are not prejudiced against certain groups, but display prejudice when they are assessed indirectly b. Hovland and Sears's finding that—in the southern U.S., between 1882 and 1930—there was a statistically significant correlation between the market price of cotton and the frequency of interracial lynching incidents c. Sherif's finding—based on his research with two groups of 11-year-old boys camping at Robber's Cave—that the groups became prejudiced against one another when required to compete but friendly toward one another when required to work together to achieve common goals d. Tajfel's finding that ingroup favoritism occurs even when people are randomly assigned to groups and have no prior attachment to them
The first significant supporting evidence for a biological cause of a mental disorder was the 19th century discovery that the psychotic disorder called general paresis was caused by the same bacterial microorganism that causes a. malaria
b. Alzheimer's disease. c. syphilis. d. The common cold.
Which of the following statements about the role of nutrition in development is true?
A) Pound for pound, an infant's energy needs are twice those of an adult. B) Nutrition is especially crucial for development during the school-age years because the brain and the body are growing so rapidly. C) Fifty percent of babies' total caloric intake is devoted to growth. D) Compared with the milk of other mammals, human milk is lower in fat and higher in protein.