Linville, Fischer, and Salovey (1989) had both undergraduate students and people living in a retirement community rate both hypothetical elderly people and hypothetical college students on several personality attributes. This research was used, in particular, as a demonstration of ______.
a. belief perseverance
b. the out-group homogeneity bias
c. the fundamental attribution error
d. the self-serving bias
Ans: B
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a. movement of body parts. b. reasoning and planning ability. c. tactile sensation of body parts. d. personality.
According to research by Fischer and Bidell (Fischer, 1980; Fischer & Bidell, 2006), young adolescents
a. can make one or two different self-statements in different areas of their lives. b. have a single self-concept. c. can reconcile contradictory self-statements. d. can’t yet determine that contradictory self-statements may be true under different circumstances.
Which of the following is not true about stress?
A. It is always a negative experience. B. It involves a physiological demand on your body. C. It can be adaptive. D. Personal characteristics and perception of the environment are important in determining if an event is stressful or not.
Disturbances reflecting expected or culturally approved responses to certain events would not be an American Psychiatric Association definition of a psychological disorder.
a. Engaging in repetitive behaviors in response to unwanted urges b. Fearing and avoiding situations which may be difficult to escape c. Experiencing mood swings that alter between mania and depression d. Focusing extensively about negative events and distressing situations