The authors of your text tell a story about Abraham Lincoln in which Lincoln ordered a coach to stop so he could save some piglets from drowning
Lincoln claimed that he helped because "I should have had no peace of mind all day had I gone on and left that suffering old sow worrying over those pigs." Lincoln argued that he was helping because of
a. altruism.
b. self-interest.
c. social exchange concerns.
d. the reciprocity norm.
Answer: B
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a. behaviorism b. psychoanalytic psychology c. structuralism d. Gestalt psychology
While watching the evening news you see a story about domestic abuse and wonder "Why would anyone stay in a relationship where they are being abused?"
According to Seligman, one factor that may contribute to victim's staying in abusive relationships is __________ a) observational learning. b) learned helplessness. c) conditioned emotional response. d) instinctive drift.
Juan was sent to camp as a boy. Here he learned how to build fires, learned how to cook in the outdoors, played team sports, and acquired several skills needed to hike in the wilderness. The camp is an example of Sameroff’s:
a. personality development. b. opportunity structure. c. importance of wilderness experience to civility. d. superlative factor.
Julia's mother is clinically depressed. We can expect Julia to have
A) increased right temporal lobe activity. B) decreased left frontal lobe activity. C) decreased frontal lobe activity. D) increased temporal lobe activity.