Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death while screaming for help, with 38 people around. They watched while her attacker left and came back to continue his assault twice. No one called the police or took any other action to help her. This failure to act is called:
a. deindividuation c. the bystander effect
b. conformity d. cognitive dissonance
C
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What kind of test predicts a person's level of success or ability in a particular area?
A. aptitude test B. intelligence test C. interest inventory D. achievement test
One finding of the CLOC (the Changing Lives of Older Couples) study was that
A) many older people adapt to the death of a spouse without long-term distress. B) older people who show no signs of depression following the death of a spouse are in denial. C) most people become depressed after the death of a spouse and remain so for a long time. D) the duration and intensity of grief experienced as a result of widowhood is predictable and unvaried.
Although Martha does not get around as well as she did when she was younger, she never misses Bingo night with the ladies. Which of Baltes' developmental ideas is Martha depicting?
A. Development is lifelong. B. Development involves changing resource allocations. C. Development is influenced by the historical and cultural context. D. Relative influences of biology and culture shift over the life span.
Memories that are demonstrated by improved performance in the absence of any conscious awareness of the memories are called
A) implicit memories. B) explicit memories. C) semantic memories. D) episodic memories. E) short-term memories.