Describe the Strange Situation and how psychologists use it to evaluate infant attachment
What will be an ideal response?
A mother and her infant (12 to 18 months old) enter a room with toys. A stranger enters. The mother leaves and then returns. Then both leave. The stranger returns. Finally, the mother returns. Psychologists watch whether the infant relates to the mother by showing her toys and using her as a base of exploration. They also observe whether the child shows undue distress at her leaving.
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Some cats "play" with a mouse before killing it. How can this kind of behavior best be explained?
a. the cat's perverse pleasure in prolonging the mouse's pain b. an instinctive need for additional pursuit behaviors prior to eating c. a conflict between attack and escape behaviors d. regression to infantile patterns of activity in the hippocampus
Research on the locus of control construct indicates that:
a. internals are cognitively passive b. internals are inflexible c. internals learn the rules necessary to solve problems more quickly than externals d. externals tend to seek more information to use in the solutions of their problems than internals
Many defenders of "gangsta rap" argue that the violent lyrics reflect
a. comical depictions of police and other authority figures. b. grim realities of inner-city life for Black American youth. c. the wasteland that is popular music. d. the stereotype of young Black men as criminals.
How does brainwashing differ from other persuasive techniques?