Research has shown that when most people are confronted with evidence of an inequitable outcome that is difficult to explain, they will
a. revise their stereotypes.
b. blame the victim.
c. believe in a just world.
d. abandon their belief in a just world.
Answer: B
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A) with an underlying meaning that is subsequently masked by manifest content. B) randomly and never acquires meaning. C) randomly but develops meaning as the mind interprets it. D) with an underlying meaning that the mind then interprets randomly.
Which of these factors LEAST contributes to a teenager's achievement of personal identity?
a. Recessive genotypes b. Formal operational thinking c. Loving and democratic parenting at home d. Making an occupational choice while in college
Which of the following statements is most closely associated with Angell??
a. ?Coeducation violates a custom so universal that it expresses a fundamental human instinct. b. ?Pragmatism is willing to take anything, to follow either logic or the senses and to count the humblest and most personal experiences. c. If we wish to conquer undesirable emotional tendencies in ourselves we must mercilessly go through the outward movements of those contrary dispositions which we prefer to cultivate. ? d. ?Mind and body cannot be separated; they act as a unit in an organism’s struggle for survival.
In his explanation of learning, which of the following did Watson accept?
a. ?Thorndike's law of effect b. ?Pavlov's concept of the cortical mosaic c. ?the associative principles of contiguity and frequency d. ?Thorndike's concept of a "satisfying state of affairs"