Suppose that Jose was born and raised in Mexico, and that—even though he has never been to the U.S.—he holds a number of stereotypes about Americans. According to the text, these stereotypes are most likely based on ____
a. the few brief interactions he has had with Americans in Mexico
b. what he has heard about Americans from other Mexicans
c. what he knows about other groups of foreigners
d. his assumptions about what Americans "must be like" given what he knows about the U.S. as a country
B
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A. 5–6% B. 8–9% C. 12–13% D. 15–16%
A person trapped in a hotel fire 20 stories from the ground has the choice of jumping from the window to a sure death or dashing through the flames and almost surely dying of smoke inhalation and burns. This person
a. is experiencing a traumatic approach-avoidance conflict. b. will most likely freeze, finding it impossible to decide or to take action. c. will most likely deal with this conflict by "leaving the field.". d. will most likely cope with this situation using displacement or sublimation.
You pass a car parked on the shoulder of the busy highway, with its hood open and a family standing near the car. You drive by, feeling certain someone else will stop and help them. Which of the following explains your reaction?
a) bystander effect b) degree of failure c) diffusion of danger d) degree of embarrassment
Antipsychotic medications help reduce schizophrenic hallucinations by ______
a. stimulating the release of dopamine b. helping dopamine bind to receptor sites c. preventing the release of dopamine d. preventing dopamine from binding to receptor sites