The tendency to avoid helping other people in emergencies when other people are also present and apparently capable of helping is known as the__________
A) polarization effect
B) actor-observer effect
C) bystander effect
D) recency effect
E) Select
C
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about scales of measurement?
a. Measurement scales depend on the purpose for which you collected data. b. Moving from ordinal to ratio scales represents an increase in the meaning assigned to numbers c. Certain statistical procedures can only be performed with ratio data. d. Measurement scales were, at least historically, tied to psychology's quest to be treated as a true science.
Sometimes a spouse may have a bad day at work and returns home to verbally abuse the family. This is referred to as:
a. chronic stress c. spillover b. compensatory responding d. reciprocity
One finding of the ________ perspective is that people who tend to be violent also tend to perceive provocation and insult more quickly than others
a. behaviorist b. learning c. cognitive d. biological
Research on stress among college students suggests that students who are highly stressed have a grade point average that is likely to be ____
a. ?unaffected, compared to others not experiencing stress b. ?lower than those who are not stressed c. ?higher than those who are not stressed d. ?unaffected for males, but lower for females