Samantha thinks that all social psychology professors are intelligent, attractive, and fabulously good dancers. This is an example of
a. prejudice.
b. discrimination.
c. social categorization.
d. a stereotype.
d
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a. democracy; communism c. capitalism; communism b. socialism; capitalism d. socialism; communism
In her research on stereotyping, Efrat conducted a very large 2 x 2 (Target Gender x Judgmental Time Pressure) factorial study. She observed an interesting main effect of target gender. However, she did not observe a main effect of time pressure, and she did not observe any evidence for a significant interaction. Efrat's failure to observe a significant interaction could be thought of as evidence
for: A) the internal validity of her target gender effect B) the external validity of her target gender effect C) the lack of internal validity of her target gender effect D) the lack of external validity of her target gender effect
How are jurors' decisions generally affected by expert testimony when the testimony is not overly technical and fairly understood?
A. Expert testimony exerts a small effect on jurors' decisions. B. Expert testimony exerts a moderate effect on jurors' decisions. C. Expert testimony exerts a large effect on jurors' decisions. D. None of these are correct.
Aarav doesn't think that his actions will help change his stressful job. Instead, he adopts the "Smile-the world looks brighter when you do!" coping style to deal with his stress. Aarav is using what type of coping style?
A. emotion-focused B. problem-focused C. decision-focused D. avoidance-focused