Preliminary evidence suggests that those who unconsciously identify as homosexual—but who consciously identify as straight—report more negative attitudes toward gays than most people do. This best illustrates the defense mechanism known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer is C. reaction formation.
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What will be an ideal response?
What did Charles Spearman refer to "general intelligence" as?
a. g c. gen X b. GI d. none of these
The effects on infant-mother attachment of attending quality daycare have been shown to be
a. small but controversial. c. significant but controversial. b. small and well-established. d. significantly detrimental.
Milgram examined other explanations for obedience and was
able to manipulate the independent variables such as the amount of feedback and proximity from the learner to the teacher, and the physical proximity and prestige of the experimenter. Milgram was not only trying to replicate his original findings, but he was also trying to demonstrate which of the other principles of scientific thinking? A) Falsifiability B) Replicability C) Ruling out rival hypotheses D) Occam's Razor