Which of the following is true of conduct disorder?
a. It is found predominantly in ethnic minorities, with African-American children engaging in 80 percent of disruptive behaviors.
b. It is entirely genetic.
c. It is entirely learned.
d. It is associated with inconsistent discipline and antisocial family members.
D
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Christian constantly complains about immigrants and blames them for problems he encounters at work, for personal financial problems, and even for personal romantic problems. As he sees it, virtually everything is "their fault." Not surprisingly, and in part as a result of this pattern of blaming, Christian also holds a rather negative view of immigrant groups. Which of the following best captures
Christian's pattern of behavior? a. aversive prejudice b. the confirmation bias c. scapegoat theory d. the self-serving bias
Describe the difference between shared and nonshared environments. Give an example from your own family of each of these
What will be an ideal response?
What is a strategy for avoiding problems with the reference-group effect?
a. standardizing people's responses b. combining the cultures' respective reference groups c. reverse-scoring half of the items d. using concrete response options
In a study on the effects of subliminal persuasion, Bargh and colleagues (1996) found that students exposed to words commonly associated with aging (for example, Florida, gray, wrinkled):
A) talked more about their grandparents in the debriefing session following the study than did those not exposed to the "aging" words. B) walked more slowly down the hall as they were leaving the study than did those not exposed to the "aging" words. C) were more likely to agree to volunteer at a senior citizen centre when asked immediately following the study than were those not exposed to the "aging" words. D) rated saving for retirement as more important immediately following the study than did those not exposed to the "aging" words.