The experiment by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 was believed to support the notion that:

a. prisons have little effect on how inmates or guards react
b. prisons are capable of creating a therapeutic environment
c. unhealthy guards create hostile prison environments
d. prisons are inherently corrupt


d. prisons are inherently corrupt

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A) quasi-internal B) independent C) infused

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Vagal reactors" or "cobras" are likened to psychopaths

a. True b. False

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Which personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition?

a. Avoidant personality disorder b. Histrionic personality disorder c. Narcissistic personality disorder d. Borderline personality disorder

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Based on the strengths argument, which statement below is most accurate?

a. You can be anything you want to be if you just try hard enough. b. You cannot be anything you want to be—but you can be a lot more of who you already are. c. Your strengths change over time so concentrate on the strengths you want to have and you will obtain them. d. We can obtain more strengths than our natural birth talents and can make them into signature strengths.

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