Russ, a White student who grew up in Connecticut, is about to enter the University of Southern California on an athletic scholarship. He is aware that many of his teammates will be African American and assumes that they will dislike him and ostracize him. Russ's attitude is BEST described as an example of __________.
A. prejudice
B. ambiguity
C. nonconformity
D. discrimination
Answer: A
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a. significantly less happy than the less educated. b. a little happier because they have higher incomes and mores social status. c. neither more nor less happy than the less educated. d. significantly happier because they are more intelligent and feel more empowered.
Regarding learning, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Classical and operant conditioning involve reflexive or skilled learning and do not involve any "mental" elements. b. As humans, we are greatly affected by information, expectations, perceptions, and mental images. c. Cognitive learning involves memory, thinking, problem solving, and language. d. As a human, you can anticipate future reward or punishment and react accordingly.
With regard to Pavlov's experiment with conditioning, which of the following is false?
a. Classical conditioning may also be used with humans. b. Deaf animals may also be classically conditioned. c. The unconditioned response is a muscular-glandular response to the environment. d. Unconditioned responses are unpredictable.
In what year was the first description of a patient with dyslexia published?
A. 1921 B. 1896 C. 1946 D. 1963