A famous psychologist argues that people internally organize their expectancies and values to guide their own behavior, developing unique standards based on each person's life history. This psychologist is most likely a ______ psychologist
a. psychodynamic c. cognitive-social learning
b. behavioral d. trait
c
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Which psychological process best explains why it is that people sometimes react to news of a natural disaster or violent crime with something less than full sympathy on behalf of the victims?
a. counterfactual thinking b. false-consensus effect c. availability heuristic d. belief in a just world
One reason that cross-sectional studies are more common than longitudinal studies is the fact that
a. cross-sectional studies involve large numbers of subjects b. longitudinal studies involve very sophisticated statistical procedures. c. cross-sectional studies take many years to complete. d. longitudinal studies take many years to complete.
According to the Monitoring the Future study, low-income black and Hispanic students spent longer hours working outside school than higher-income white and Asian students, and yet were less likely than the latter to show negative outcomes such as substance use and declining grades. Interviews with the students indicated a possible reason for this finding, which is that the low-income students
a. typically seek to earn spending money rather than helping out their families. b. were more likely to view both job and school as part of their long-term goals, such as saving money to go to college. c. were less mature and hence less likely to get into trouble on the job. d. were less able to balance work hours with schoolwork.
Harlow conducted his research on children's attachments to their mothers using
monkeys. turtles. humans. dogs.