If your car breaks down on a busy freeway, analysis of the Kitty Genovese murder suggests that you will be less likely to receive help than on a sparsely traveled country road because
a. social ties have been broken down by the urbanization of America.
b. personal responsibility for helping is spread so thin that no one takes action.
c. people in rural areas are more religious and are more likely to follow "the Golden Rule.".
d. it is too dangerous to stop on a freeway or to use a cell phone to call for help while on a freeway.
B
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a. alternate routes to the dining room to allow patients choices b. clearly visible common areas that can be seen from the patients' rooms c. open access to the setting so that patients can feel free to come and go as they want d. confining patients to their rooms as much as possible
Which of the following terms best captures the relationship between CSML and CSMT during Stage 1 of the Experimental condition in Exercise 12?
a. prediction b. excitation c. inhibition d. acquisition
Research on the idea of "family resemblance" has demonstrated that
a. in a family resemblance category, there must be at least one attribute that is shared by all examples of that concept. b. a prototype is equivalent to a family resemblance category. c. in a family resemblance category, each example has at least one attribute in common with some other example of the concept. d. family resemblance categories are artificial, and they are found more often in the laboratory than in real life.
Which of the following would be an example of a compulsion?
a. frequent hand washing b. intrusive thoughts about sexual acts c. persistent concern about air quality in one's workplace d. repeatedly envisioning a violent act against a specific family member