Humanistic psychologists attempt to understand abnormal behavior by___________________
a. evaluating the positive reinforcement available to people in the world
b. attempting to understand the individual's subjective experience and his experiences of being "in the
world"
c. analyses of unconscious drives and motives that people possess
d. evaluating the interaction of biological inheritance and environmental rewards
B
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Maria believes that everything good and bad that happens to her is the result of fate, luck, or other people's desires. Maria's belief illustrates the concept of:
A. hardiness B. conflict C. an internal locus of control D. an external locus of control
Korean and Chinese children can do arithmetic with three-digit numbers with greater skill than American children. According to research, one of the most important factors explaining this difference is
A. cultural influences on Piaget's sensorimotor stage. B. cultural influences on Vygotsky's social scripts. C. Asian language labels for the numbers eleven to nineteen. D. genetics.
You are in charge of designing a program to get people to cover their mouths when they cough. According to deviance regulation theory, you would be most successful by stressing the irresponsibility of people who fail to cover up when:
a. the norms are not to cover up b. the norms state that one should cover up c. the norms stress that it is deviant to put your hand over your mouth d. the norms stress the common good in all cases e. none of the above
Which of the following methods would be best for investigating the correlates of differences between high and low IQ scorers?
a. Utilizing learning styles questionnaires to assess learning preferences b. Utilizing brain imaging techniques to investigate which parts of the brain are more active on certain tasks c. Utilizing vocational interest inventories to assess future career ambitions d. Utilizing personality measures to assess behaviours and attitudes