The knowledge that one is receiving treatment can result in improvement of the condition that occurs above and beyond the actual treatment itself. What is the name given to this phenomenon?
A. Natural improvement
B. The placebo effect
C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
D. Memory reconstruction
E. Nonresistance
B. The placebo effect
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The category "car" is
a. a superordinate-level category. b. a basic-level category. c. a subordinate-level category. d. an example of a script.
Which of these is an example of workplace discrimination?
a) Amy has had difficulty getting a job for the first time in 20 years after her divorce. b) Beth had to get a part-time job because her husband's salary no longer pays the bills. c) Michelle has just been fired because she has been late to work every day for the past two weeks. d) Julie makes $5000 less than a male co-worker who has the same exact position at work.
Grandma said that all rock musicians are drug addicts. What type of thinking error best explains this statement?
A. schema B. outgroup homogeneity C. harmful mental script D. faulty mental structure
The findings that males commit the vast majority of same-sex homicides across cultures and across different time periods support predictions made by the
A) phenomenological perspective on aggression. B) social learning explanation of aggression. C) frustration-aggression perspective on aggression. D) sexual selection explanation of aggression.