Suppose that Paul is gay, but he does not fit your stereotype of gay people: He wears baggy jeans, constantly swears, has sloppy table manners, and enjoys sports. Instead of changing the way you think about gay people as a group, however, you just decide that Paul belongs to a special class of gay people ("gay jocks"). This would be an example of ____
a. the self-fulfilling prophecy
b. aversive prejudice
c. subtyping
d. the outgroup homogeneity bias
C
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George Franklin was convicted of the murder of an 8-year-old that occurred over 20 years earlier. What aspect of this case is of interest to psychologists?
a. Franklin claimed he committed the murder while in a dissociative state. b. His daughter's recovered memories were the basis for Franklin's conviction. c. A polygraph was used to identify those who were telling the truth about the murder. d. Franklin was covering up for a crime committed by his daughter who developed dissociative fugue.
Laverne cannot understand the meaning of other people's tones of voice. Shirley speaks in a dull tone even if she feels very emotional. Laverne has ____ aprosodia, and Shirley has ____ aprosodia.?
a. ?receptive; expressive b. ?expressive; receptive c. ?ideational; ideomotor d. ?ideomotor; ideational
In Milgram's studies of compliance, he found evidence for all of the following EXCEPT:
a. deindividuation b. detached responsibility c. importance of presence of an authority figure d. social facilitation
A man who is very overweight is trying to cut down on the amount of food that he eats. He wears a thick rubber band on his wrist and whenever he finds himself in the kitchen, he snaps the rubber band, causing a sharp pain
The man is using a technique that has a strong similarity to a. systematic desensitization. b. flooding. c. self-injurious therapy. d. aversion therapy.