The authors of your text note that across the studies that Milgram did investigating obedience to authority, the one factor that never made a consistent difference in how participants behaved was
a. instructions from the experimenter.
b. pleas for help from the victim.
c. disagreement among authority figures.
d. disobedience from other teachers.
Answer: B
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A. hippocampus; cerebellum B. right hemisphere amygdala; left hemisphere amygdala C. thalamus; hypothalamus D. right hemisphere temporal lobe; left hemisphere temporal lobe
____ used to be called simple phobias.
A. Target phobias B. Special phobias C. Focused phobias D. Specific phobias
Regarding eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The victim of a crime is a more accurate eyewitness than an observer. b. The presence of a weapon impairs an eyewitness's ability to accurately identify the culprit's face. c. Very high levels of stress increase the accuracy of eyewitness perceptions. d. The more confident the eyewitness, the more accurate the eyewitness will be.
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of
a. behavior and mental processes. b. diagnosing and treating behavioral disorders. c. conscious and unconscious mental processes. d. the mind.