William is a police officer who is instructed by a superior officer to beat a suspect in order to obtain a confession. According to research conducted on obedience, William is more likely to disobey this order if ________
a. the superior officer is in the room with William and the suspect.
b. another senior officer agrees that William should beat the suspect.
c. the suspect asks William to stop.
d. William sees another police officer refuse to continue beating the suspect.
Answer: d
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a. The overall emotional adjustment of a child or pet disciplined mainly by punishment is usually superior to one disciplined mainly by reward. b. Using punishment can become "habit forming.". c. Mild punishment tends to be ineffective if reinforcers for that misbehavior are still available in the situation. d. One should avoid punishing when angry because it is easy to get carried away and become abusive.
Calvin went on a 6-month-long teaching trip to China. After a few weeks in Beijing, he awoke not knowing who he was or where he was from. Calvin’s experience is BEST described as dissociative ______.
a. fugue b. anxiety c. amnesia d. identity disorder
Which of the following is a weakness of the James-Lange theory of emotion?
a. Cognitive appraisal is not a component. b. The theory does not address the subjective feeling of emotion. c. The theory ignores the role of physiological reactions. d. Awareness always precedes physiological reactions during emotions.
In the _____ model of expressed emotion (EE), when an individual exhibits behaviors typical of schizophrenia, family members may criticize, react with frustration, or overprotect the individual, which produces more psychotic symptoms.
a. bidirectional b. family-centric c. negative cycle d. psychodynamic