Community psychologists who seek to increase public awareness of social issues such as homelessness, children in poverty, child maltreatment, violence toward women, and the psychological and social effects of war, illustrate what emerging trend in the field?
a. collaborative, participatory research
b. awareness of global diversity
c. concern with social justice
d. concern with sense of community
c
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Research on domestic violence indicates that being an abusive spouse is ____ to being an abusive parent, and that being a victim of child abuse is ____ to being an abusive parent in adulthood
a. related; related b. related; unrelated c. unrelated; related d. unrelated; unrelated
A young woman is a participant in a study of emotion. She was connected to an EEG, which shows the activity of the left and right hemispheres separately. If the EEG reveals a high level of activation in the left hemisphere,
which of the following is most likely to have occurred? a) She just read a very funny cartoon. b) She was just given a jar of a foul smelling substance to smell. c) She was told she is not going to get paid the $25 she had been promised. d) The researcher told her she will be stuck with needles in the second part of the study.
Humanistic psychologists attempt to understand abnormal behavior by___________________
a. evaluating the positive reinforcement available to people in the world b. attempting to understand the individual's subjective experience and his experiences of being "in the world" c. analyses of unconscious drives and motives that people possess d. evaluating the interaction of biological inheritance and environmental rewards
According to evolutionary psychology, which behavior can be explained by evolutionary principles?
a. being afraid of snakes b. liking foods rich in protein and sugar c. forming emotional bonds with parents d. all of the above