Elements of city life, such as noise, traffic, and pollution, produce:
A) chronic stress.
B) acute stress.
C) biological stressors.
D) psychosomatic illness.
A) chronic stress.
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Which topic has been of the MOST interest to social psychologists during the last 30 years?
a. Social cognition—concerned with how people think about other people and how people think about the social world in general b. Behaviorism—concerned with basic principles of learning such as reward and punishment c. The idea that modern life makes people vulnerable to alienation and exploitation d. The idea that people act less on the basis of firm moral principles than they do on the basis of conformity, or "following the crowd"
In an attempt to rid the body of the excessive humors thought to be causing psychological disorders, physicians throughout history have used treatments such as a. bloodletting
b. induced seizures. c. exorcism. d. drilling through the skull.
Greendorfer and Ewing (1981) examined race and gender differences in children's socialization into sports and found
A. no difference among races in sport socialization B. that among white children, boys are less influenced by their peers and their fathers C. that among black children, girls are more influenced by their peers and their fathers D. considerable differences in socialization depending on race and gender
The AESOP model introduces the principle that ______.
A. each unconditioned stimulus elicits two distinctive A2 reactions, one elicited by the emotive properties of the unconditioned stimulus and the other by the sensory properties of the unconditioned stimulus B. one conditioned stimulus can only support one reaction C. backward conditioning and delay conditioning procedures produce conditioned responses of the same strength D. conditioning of fear occurs much easier than conditioning of a salivary reaction