Distinguish between risk and resilience
What will be an ideal response?
A risk factor is a variable that precedes a negative outcome of interest and increases the chances that the outcome will occur. Children who survive risky environments by using their strong self-confidence, coping skills, and abilities to avoid risk situations may be considered resilient—they seem able to fight off or recover from their misfortune.
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When men look at pictures of ____, they tend to want to take less money immediately rather than more money later. When men look at pictures of ____, they tend to want to take more money later rather than less money immediately
a. attractive females; cars b. attractive females; unattractive females or cars c. unattractive females; attractive females d. unattractive females; cars
Discuss the two major categories of personality tests
What will be an ideal response?
In comparing the research on crowding using laboratory rats to similar research using non-human primates, it was found that
a. crowding had the same effect on the behavior of rats and non-human primates. b. crowding had an effect on the behavior of rats but not on the behavior of non-human primates. c. crowding had an effect on the behavior of non-human primates but not on the behavior of rats. d. crowding led to more aggressive behavior in rats and to more coping behavior in non-human primates.
A baby cries when it hears a stranger's voice, but not when it hears its mother's voice. This illustrates
a. stimulus discrimination. b. stimulus generalization. c. spontaneous recovery. d. response chaining.