In April 2010, a homeless man helped a young woman fend off an attacker in Queens, New York. For his trouble, he was stabbed and fell to the sidewalk where he laid in a pool of his own blood. When emergency aid arrived over an hour later, Hugo Tale-Yax was already dead. Horrifyingly, surveillance video revealed that 25 people walked past him while he lay dying on the street. These 25 people
exhibited what is known as the
a. mean worldview.
b. bystander effect.
c. instinctual nature of self-preservation.
d. weapons effect on observers.
B
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Olds and Milner (1954) discovered that rats would work very hard to obtain a. food
b. water. c. social interaction with other rats. d. electrical stimulation of the brain.
Research indicates that adolescents spend much of their time feeling bored, especially while
A) doing schoolwork. B) watching television. C) hanging with friends. D) listening to music.
What are some of the functions of sociodramatic play?
What will be an ideal response?
Sameer is passionate about medicine and is focused almost exclusively on his pre-med studies. He is a sociable, caring young man with good friends. Given Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, which of Sameer's behaviors would Maslow have the most difficulty explaining?
A. Sameer balances his diet and sleep with long hours of studying at the library. B. Sameer assists one of his professors in a time-consuming research project. C. Sameer foregoes hanging out with friends to put all his energy into his studies. D. Sameer spends vacations reading medical journals ancillary to his focus in genetics.