Values, traditions, and beliefs that are shared by a particular group of people are called:
A) customs.
B) ceremonies.
C) culture.
D) backgrounds.
C) culture.
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The process by which activities are guided and maintained so that goals are met is called __________.
A. motivation B. emotion C. achievement D. synergy
In the work by Baumrind (1967, 1971) on parenting styles, children of __________ parents tended to be low in self-control and cooperativeness with peers and teachers.
A. authoritarian B. permissive C. authoritative D. uninvolved
An attorney has a copy of a videotape that shows her client being beaten very violently by two men. Her client is suing these men. The jury has already seen this video several times during the trial, and the attorney is considering showing it many more times. However, an expert social psychologist should warn the attorney that replaying the videotaped beating many more times may reduce the
likelihood of winning a large amount of money because the jurors might a. become desensitized to the beatings and thus grant less significance to the video in their final judgment. b. engage in higher-order cognitive processing and thus feel less sympathy for the client. c. become cultivated by the beatings and thus try to avoid thinking about them when making their final judgment. d. be vulnerable to the weapons effect and thus be less likely to award a high settlement.
Research on problem isomorphs has demonstrated that
a. in general, novices are better than experts in identifying problem isomorphs. b. problem solving often requires peeling away the superficial features of a problem, in order to discover problem isomorphs. c. most problem solvers can easily detect problem isomorphs. d. unsituated learning produces a greater number of correct solutions than does situated learning.