Violent delinquent behavior among adolescents usually
develops slowly as they move from minor aggression, such as bullying, in early adolescence to physical fighting and gang fighting to rape and muggings in late adolescence. This escalation is best explained by which theory?
a. instinctual theory
b. frustration-aggression hypothesis
c. social learning theory
d. biological theory
ANSWER: c
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a. a dismal failure. b. totally arbitrary from conflicting evidence. c. very effective. d. moderately effective.
You estimate the number of bottles of pop you'll need for the Fourth of July picnic, based on the Christmas party consumption, but taking into account the fact that the weather will be warmer. Which heuristic does this example illustrate?
a. availability b. base-rate fallacy c. anchoring and adjustment d. representativeness
Good memory results from finding or creating meaningful chunks in what you study. When these meaningful organizations become hard to form, then one should use artificial ones, such as
a. eidetic imagery. b. habituations. c. redintegration. d. mnemonics.
The left hemisphere of the brain processes information _________, while the right hemisphere of the brain processes information ________
a) globally; sequentially b) sequentially; globally c) sequentially; one piece of data at a time d) reflecting on it as a whole; sequentially