Your text describes a study in which researchers recruited single, sexually active student volunteers to take part in a campaign (actually the experimental manipulation) supposedly designed to get other students who were just becoming sexually active to practice safe sex. The volunteers were asked to develop a persuasive speech about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and safer sex that
was then videotaped. Researchers found that the students who made the taped speeches were more likely to use condoms, a finding that is consistent with ____.
a. social learning theory
b. the stages of change model
c. the health belief model
d. cognitive dissonance
D
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Linda's house was flooded in a hurricane. Upon losing her home, she had nightmares, disturbed sleep, and anxiety that lasted about two weeks. Linda most likely suffered from ______________
a) acute stress disorder b) external locus of control c) catastrophic stress d) post-traumatic stress disorder
Lightening, or dropping, is the process during which
a. the placenta is expelled from the mother's body. b. the head of the fetus settles down in the pelvis. c. the fetus moves through the birth canal. d. anesthesia is administered to the mother.
As discussed in the text, the sociologist Phil Kunz once performed a study in which he sent 578 Christmas cards to a sample of complete strangers living in Chicago, Illinois. He received a total of 117 cards in return, as well as several phone calls—despite the fact that he did not know any of these people. Kunz's findings provide good evidence of ____
a. reciprocity b. rule of law c. audience inhibition d. cooperation
Months after suffering head trauma from a work accident, Maxwell’s wife Jessica notices that he is acting irresponsibly. For example, he decided on a whim to go sky diving, he drives his car at high speeds on the highway, and constantly blurts out obscenities to people. In what region did Maxwell likely suffer brain damage??
a. ?basal ganglia b. ?insula c. ?cerebral cortex d. ?amygdala