Tucker (2004 ) conducted a study where television (and exposure to body shape ideals via telephone) was introduced to a rural area of Fiji. This study found that:
a) Native culture was relatively immune to western ideas of body image.
b) Over three years, hours of television viewing increased drastically and significant weight gain was noted in over half of the participants.
c) Within the first year, almost one-quarter of the participants had developed some form of an eating disorder.
d) Social learning was evident as the Fijian girls wished to emulate people they had seen on television.
d
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Which of the following areas is MOST likely to be classified as an applied area of specialization in psychology?
a. psychometrics b. counseling psychology c. experimental psychology d. developmental psychology
Newman and his coauthors conducted a recent, large-scale study about the topics that people discuss with their same-gender friends. Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the results of this study?
a. Kierra: "Compared to women, men talked more about positive emotions.". b. Adriana: "Compared to women, men talked more about negative emotions.". c. Oliver: "Compared to women, men talked significantly more about sex.". d. Don: "As far as topics of conversation, most of the gender comparisons did not reveal important gender differences.".
Geoff's friends tease him for visiting the public library during summer holidays. As a result, Geoff stops visiting the library. In this example, the teasing acted as ________
a. positive punishment. b. negative punishment. c. positive reinforcement. d. negative reinforcement.
In comparing the human brain to a computer, Allman concludes
a. though what has been learned has been limited, that knowledge has been extremely valuable. b. the comparison is a poor one and unlikely to be productive since there is a fundamental difference between the two. c. a great deal of understanding has been gained with the promise of more to come in the years ahead. d. though what has been learned has been limited, a continued investigation has great promise for what might be learned.