Which of the following statements involves an attribution?
a. "They cannot afford a washing machine because he spends so much on that fancy car of his."
b. "I cannot come to the party."
c. "He chose to eat shrimp for dinner."
d. "My parents would like me to study to be a doctor or a lawyer."
Answer: a. "They cannot afford a washing machine because he spends so much on that fancy car of his."
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a. surprisingly, adolescents have more positive attitudes toward feminists than toward non-feminist women. b. because adolescent women can think about abstract topics, they can consider issues such as feminist identity. c. in several samples, more than half of young women said they were feminists. d. young women are relatively likely to say that they are feminists, but relatively few say that they believe in equality.
Which of the following is the best definition of "discrimination"?
a. A negative attitude or feeling toward an individual based solely on that individual's membership in a certain group b. A negative attitude or feeling toward a racial or ethnic group c. Unequal treatment of different people based on the groups or categories to which they belong d. Beliefs that associate groups of people with certain traits.
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a. locate an image. b. focus an image on the retina. c. combine the location and projection on the blind spot. d. project an image on the cornea.
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a. state-dependent learning. b. eidetic imagery. c. suppression. d. regressive imagery.