Which of the following term refers to our beliefs about a given group and how we perceive them?
A. discrimination
B. adaptive categorization
C. stereotype
D. prejudice
Answer: C
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When test subjects are asked to recall a list of letters they have just seen, the mistakes they make often involve letters that sound similar to the displayed letters. These mistakes are probably due to
a. retrograde amnesia. b. acoustic coding. c. retroactive interference during transfer from echoic to iconic memory. d. the serial position effect. e. the tip-of-the tongue phenomenon.
Marcus, age 12, wears the same clothes and hairstyle as his best friends at school. According to Albert Bandura, Marcus is displaying
A) operant conditioning. B) behavior modification. C) classical conditioning. D) observational learning.
Currently, the cause of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is thought to be ________
a. arrested emotional development b. biological factors c. prenatal maternal alcohol use d. over demanding and emotionally detached parents
If a teratogen interferes with prenatal development only during a particular period of time, the period of development in which the teratogen can exert its effect is called:
a. a teratogenic period b. a teratogenic stage c. a critical period d. a high-risk – low-reward stage