Prejudice and discrimination against outgroups has been explained by evolutionary psychology as due to . . .
a. Our instinctive dislike of foreigners
b. The fact that unfamiliar tribes might have posed health threats
c. Sexual selection
d. None of the above
b. The fact that unfamiliar tribes might have posed health threats
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How are medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties defined?
A. These are called psychosomatic disorders. B. These are called psychological disorders. C. These are called neuropsychological conditions. D. These are called neuroleptic episodes.
Despite the significance of Jung's contributions in the field of psychology, the bulk of his theory was not received enthusiastically by psychologists because:
a. his books contain many inconsistencies and contradictions. c. he inferred the stories of sexual seduction in patients' childhood from his analysis of the symptoms, without really hearing his patients say so. b. there are discrepancies between his notes on his therapy sessions and the case histories he published, which supposedly were based on these notes. d. his research is based on a small and unrepresentative sample of people, restricted to himself and those who sought psychoanalysis with him.
Ellen is shown a somewhat ambiguous picture of a person in a lab coat studying what looks like a medical chart. Ellen is then asked to tell a story about this person. She says that this person is a new resident in a hospital and is working very long hours, but is happy to have finally reached his goal of becoming a doctor. In this story, Ellen is exhibiting:
a. low achievement motivation c. high fear of failure b. high achievement motivation d. a self-handicapping strategy
According to Erikson, a crisis is:
a. a threat of catastrophe b. not a part of the developmental process c. a turning point or critical point in development d. associated only with problems facing children, but not adults