Some border-town residents dislike illegal immigrants because they fear that the immigrants will take jobs away from them. These feelings can best be explained by
a. social-role theory.
b. social identity theory.
c. social categorization theory.
d. realistic conflict theory.
d
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According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy in 2003, how many people in the U.S. had basic or below-basic health literacy?
A. less than 10,000 B. 250,000 C. 10 million D. more than 70 million
According to the text, writers can often increase the clarity of their writing by:
A) avoiding the use of parallel constructions B) making use of parallel constructions C) avoiding the use of split infinitives D) making use of split infinitives
Attribution theory examines:
a. the explanations people make about the causes of their own behaviors and the behaviors of others. b. the psychological traits or "attributes" that a person possesses. c. the way in which attitudes affect our behavior. d. the tension caused by holding two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent.
Perceptual skills involved in putting puzzles together or recognizing musical melodies are special skills of the
a. right hemisphere. b. left hemisphere. c. midbrain. d. corpus callosum.