Which of the following occurred as a result of John F. Kennedy’s signing an act to provide federal support and funding for community mental health centers?
a. Asylums
b. Deinstitutionalization
c. Psychiatric hospitals
d. Involuntary treatment
b. Deinstitutionalization
Deinstitutionalization occurred as a result of John F. Kennedy’s signing an act to provide federal support and funding for community mental health centers.
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a) Brightness b) Contrast c) Hue d) Saturation
How would a psychologist using the structuralism approach MOST likely study memory?
A. By identifying the survival benefits of memory B. By testing whether memory for some stimulus was the same in different situations C. By trying to identify the smaller mental processes that make up "remembering" a stimulus D. By testing individuals with memory problems
___ are a socially shared set of cognitive generalizations (e.g., beliefs and expectations) about the qualities and characteristics of the typical member of a group or social category.
a. Categorizations b. Stereotypes c. Meta-contrasts d. Social identifications e. Heuristics
In studies that looked at the association between violent video games and aggressiveness, the researchers found that
a. the level of violence displayed in the video game was the determining factor in whether the participants showed aggression when given the chance. b. the competitiveness, difficulty, or pacing of a game may influence aggression levels just as much, if not more, than the violent content of the game. c. the violent video games actually sensitized the players so that they reacted negatively to the violence shown and were less likely to imitate it. d. only young children were influenced to imitate the violence with adolescents and adults not being significantly affected.