Which of the following most closely describes the results of the Schacter (1959) research on fear and affiliation?
a. Fear causes social isolation.
b. Fear motivates later-born subjects to affiliate.
c. Misery loves similar company.
d. Misery loves company.
c
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If the fetus has the sex chromosomes XY, its genotype is _____
a. female b. male c. undetermined d. dimorphic
Why is it difficult to determine the nature of the relationship between divorce and the psychological functioning of family members?
a. Cause and effect cannot be determined as preexisting behavioral abnormalities in either the parents or the children may make divorce more likely. b. The findings have been too inconsistent for any conclusions to be drawn. c. While the effects of divorce are negative on children, the effects on the spouses are generally positive. d. Due to modern acceptance of divorce, there has been an ongoing decrease in the negative effects of divorce. As the impact of divorce has been decreasing, the effect of divorce on family functioning has become impossible to detect.
Describe the design of this experiment, including the type of variables, and identify the conditions created using factorial combination.
A researcher examined whether interrogators who expect a suspect to be guilty, rather than innocent, use more persuasive interrogation techniques. The researcher created a laboratory situation in which students were randomly assigned to actually commit a crime or not commit a crime by following a set of instructions given to them. This is referred to as "Suspect Status." Before student interrogators interviewed a suspect, they were randomly assigned to conditions that led them to believe the suspect was guilty or innocent of the crime. This is referred to as "Interrogator Expectation." Independent observers rated the effort used by interrogators to obtain a confession using a 1-10 rating scale (higher scores indicate greater effort). Suppose the researcher observed the following means for each group:
According to your textbook, each of us can supply two of the greatest mental health resources available at any cost, which are
a. confidentiality and constructive advice. b. friendship and honest communication. c. empathy and open-ended questioning. d. commitment to mental health and understanding another's frame of reference.