Informational attempts to "re-educate" prejudiced people have proved ineffective in large part because
a. prejudice is an inevitable part of our sociobiological heritage.
b. there is a powerful emotional component to prejudice.
c. stereotypes are a product of erroneous information.
d. it is difficult to influence or control economic forces.
Answer: B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The smallest meaningful units of language are called phonemes. 2. Semantics is the branch of linguistics that studies meaning. 3. The word “bat” is considered to be lexically ambiguous because it has two possible meanings. 4. A bridging inference is a system of rules that allows us to comprehend large, integrated pieces of text. 5. Grice’s maxim of quantity says that one should be truthful in a conversation.
When a death and dying course shows how people actually do respond in death- related situations, this exemplifies which dimension of death-related education?
a. affective b. behavioral c. cognitive d. effective e. valuational
Does a newborn infant look longer at one type of display or another? If so, what?
a. An infant looks longest at a page that is all one color.
b. An infant looks longest at a face or a drawing of a face.
c. An infant looks longest at a straight black line
d. An infant looks equally at any display.
___________ memories are to experiences as ___________ memories are to facts.
A. Semantic; implicit B. Implicit; episodic C. Episodic; semantic D. Procedural; episodic