Larry believes that members of another ethnic group are hostile and unfriendly. Thus, Larry tends to inadvertently treat the people in that ethnic group in ways that actually provoke hostile and unfriendly responses. Larry's stereotype of this ethnic group will be reinforced because Larry is unknowingly creating
a. groupthink.
b. a just-world belief.
c. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. individuating information.
C
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The definitional approach to categorization
a. is not well suited for geometrical objects but works for familiar everyday objects. b. sets definite criteria called family resemblances that all category members must have. c. doesn't work well for most natural objects like birds, trees, and plants. d. was proposed to replace the prototype approach.
According to research by Collins and Gunnar, infants who were securely attached by the age of one year
a. showed more fearfulness in preschool. b. were overly dependent on their teachers in preschool. c. showed more curiosity and problem-solving ability in preschool. d. exhibited poor peer relations in preschool.
The occurrence of false positives during police lineups can be minimized by all of the following techniques EXCEPT for
a. having all the distractors look like the person witnesses described. b. warning witnesses that the culprit may not be present in the lineup. c. using very dissimilar distractors to aid recognition. d. using a sequential lineup in which one photo at a time is shown.
Which statement about 5-HT receptors is true?
A. 5-HT1A is ionotropic. B. 5-HT3 is an autoreceptor. C. 5-HT3 controls a calcium channel. D. 5-HT1A is an autoreceptor.