The research on traits in animals indicates that different observers agree on the traits they are seeing. So the identification of traits like extraversion in octopi are not just our human tendency to give animals human characteristics, a process know as:

A. anthropomorphism.
B. the Big 5 attribution.
C. self-actualizing tendency.
D. narcissism.
E. projection.


A. anthropomorphism.

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Milgram, by having a group of confederates stare up at a point on a distant building, discovered people who passed by would also stare up at the same point on the distant building if there were five or more confederates in the stimulus group.

a.  True   b.  False

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People who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease typically have a decline in cognitive function that affects their ability to function effectively in daily life. Given the criteria for determining whether a person has a mental health disorder, which one of the following statements is most accurate?

A. Alzheimer's disease is not a mental health disorder because a person with the disease doesn't realize it and so doesn't find it distressing. B. Alzheimer's disease is not a mental health disorder because the cognitive decline has a physical cause. C. Alzheimer's disease is a mental health disorder because its symptoms include atypical behavior that impairs functioning. D. Alzheimer's disease is a mental health disorder because its symptoms affect both the individual and the individual's peers and family.

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If Milgram had placed the "learners" in the same room as the "teachers" in his famous experiment, what may have prevented participants from participating in destructive obedience?

A. Psychological distance B. Conformity C. Concern for others D. Slippery slope

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Individuals who clearly intend to end their lives at the time they attempt suicide (and fail to do so), only to experience confusion in the very next hour or day, might be classified as:

A)death inviters. B)death seekers. C)death egoists. D)death initiators.

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