Which of the following terms is defined as the preferential treatment of certain people that is usually driven by prejudicial attitudes?

A. Discrimination
B. Obedience
C. Deception
D. Abstraction


Answer: A

Psychology

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The fundamental question addressed by the correlational method is

a. "Does variable A cause variable B?" b. "How is a control group influenced by the absence of an independent variable?" c. "What impact does random assignment have on psychological behavior?" d. "Are two or more variables related in some systematic way?"

Psychology

Repertory means:

a. concepts b. collection or inventory of constructs c. core constructs d. peripheral constructs

Psychology

One group may only provide one major type of benefit to members.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology

Your neighbor who was ignored as a child was diagnosed with schizophrenia during early adulthood. Based on this observation you decide that schizophrenia occurs among people who have been ignored when they were children

Which psychological detective guideline is most relevant to the evaluation of this proposed cause of schizophrenia? a) What do statistics reveal? b) What is the claim and who is making it? c) Is the claim based on scientific observations? d) Are there plausible alternative explanations for the claim?

Psychology