The "father" of modern experimental social psychology, Kurt Lewin, pointed out the importance of understanding how people ________ their social environments

a. control
b. construe
c. manipulate
d. structure


Answer: B

Psychology

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A. Cue-dependent forgetting B. Proactive interference C. Decay D. Retroactive interference

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Your textbook suggests that a trait that appears to be common to both mental illness and creativity is

a. low pressure tolerance b. high levels of neuroticism c. low capacity for divergent thinking d. latent inhibition

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a. compulsive c. irrational b. depressed d. aggressive

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Probably the most important factors in the development of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa

and bulimia nervosa are ______. a. genetic factors that predispose many women to these disorders b. social pressures and expectancies placed on young women to base their self-worth on their appearance c. personal efforts to overcome real problems with eating too much and getting fat d. improperly learned eating behaviors during infancy and early childhood

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