A social psychologist conducts an experiment to determine if watching reality television affects the quality of parenting. The experiment helps to establish an answer to which big question?
A. How do media outlets shape our thoughts and behavior?
B. Why do stereotypes and prejudices exist and persist?
C. Do people think logically or intuitively?
D. Are people basically good or evil?
Answer: A
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a. They both have aversive qualities. b. They both have unpredictable qualities. c. They both lead to a decrease in response frequencies. d. They both lead to an increase in response frequencies.
Leslie, a University of Virginia student, described in the text, died from binge drinking as a
result of ______. a. liver failure c. falling down stairs b. a motor vehicle accident d. mixing the alcohol with Tylenol
Rose has been healthy her entire life. However, she has begun to experience changes in her behavior and through processes. She has noticed that, under stress, these changes occur. This is an example of:
a) changes in the nervous system b) gene expression c) behavior genetics d) population genetics
Bensley and Wu (1991) compared the effects of strongly and moderately worded anti-drinking messages. They found that
a. strongly worded messages were most effective with heavy drinkers b. strongly worded messages were most effective with all subjects c. students who heard the strongly worded message intended to drink more d. students who heard the moderately worded message intended to drink more