__________ is a term for how media use occupies time that may have been spent on other activities.

A. Media effect
B. Displacement effect
C. Media theory
D. Displacement theory


Answer: B

Psychology

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Some researchers have hypothesized a link between the experience of discrimination and high blood pressure among people of color. This link has been found among ______.

A. both working-class and professional African Americans B. neither working-class nor professional African Americans C. working-class African Americans, but not professional African Americans D. professional African Americans, but not working-class African Americans

Psychology

The managers of Honex Corporation create a series of activities that will help employees see how the methods learned at the monthly training program can be applied when they return to their work stations. In other words, the managers want to promote the program’s ____.?

a. ?transfer of training b. ?task-oriented focus c. ?feedback assessment d. ?critical incidents

Psychology

Sex researcher and therapist Leonore Tiefer observed that, "sex is not a natural act" for human beings. What did she mean by this?

a. Physical sex, at its heart, is a repulsive act. b. Sex creates a euphoric high that is "otherworldly." c. Sex, for any other purpose than procreation, goes against nature and evolution. d. Sex, she says, is something you learn rather than a simple physiological process.

Psychology

Which of the following theorists is most closely associated with behavioral theory?

a. Sigmund Freud b. Jean Piaget c. B. F. Skinner d. Lev Vygotsky

Psychology