In the "Good Samaritan" research by Darley and Batson, subjects were most likely to help a shabbily dressed man in distress if they
a. had read the Bible story of the "Good Samaritan"
b. had not read the Bible story of the "Good Samaritan"
c. had recently been helped themselves
d. were under no time pressure
Answer: D
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In the United States in 2007, deaths from Alzheimer's disease were primarily found among
a. Caucasian Americans and males b. Caucasian Americans and females c. African Americans d. Hispanic Americans e. Individuals with high levels of education and income
Which of the following examples describes a gene-environment interaction?
a. Exposure to poverty in childhood is associated with poor academic performance. b. A boy inherits a perfectionistic personality characteristic and tends to choose activities that have a low chance of failure, which actually reinforces his perfectionistic tendencies. c. Fair-skinned people are genetically more prone to develop skin cancer; however, if they avoid excessive sun exposure, this genetic predisposition may not lead to the development of skin cancer. d.A person's genetic risk for heart disease is compounded by an additional genetic risk for diabetes.
Elise has been asked to complete Piaget's pendulum problem. She takes an approach where she systematically examines all of the possible combinations of the elements
For example, she considers what would happen if she had a short length of string with a light weight swung from a high height. This is most likely an example of A) abstract thought. B) reflective thinking. C) combinational logic. D) logical comparisons.
The belief that the mind and body function as separate systems is known as
A) mind-body dualism. B) behavioral medicine. C) biomedicine. D) medical psychology.