Which of the following is considered a characteristic of chronically lonely people?
a. They do not value social relationships.
b. They overestimate their popularity.
c. They expect social interactions to result in negative outcomes.
d. They have unusually high levels of social communication skills.
c
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Which of the following would be considered an unobtrusive measure of racial stereotyping?
a. a self-report measure of racial attitudes b. the participants' ratings of the characteristics of people of a particular racial group c. a tendency to respond more quickly to stereotypical than to counter-stereotypical characteristics of a racial group after being primed with a photo of a member of that racial group d. a tendency to use racial stereotypes when asked to provide a verbal description of a member of a particular racial group
Research on dieters who break their diets suggests that ____
a. ?the idea of restraint in food intake goes out the door once they have already indulged b. ?an extreme sense of guilt leads them to forego food much longer than they otherwise would c. ?having consumed the calories, attempts are usually made to burn them off, such as through increased exercise d. ?they are usually able to get back on the diet within the next day or so
Ron went to a therapist to learn why he is always so hostile and how he can become less demanding of people. The therapist asks that he bring his wife and children along with him when he comes for his second appointment
The therapist is probably a ______. a. behavior therapist c. psychoanalyst b. Gestalt therapist d. family therapist
Which of the following statements is true regarding stereotype threat and test performance?
A) If aware of ethnic stereotypes, African-American and Hispanic children perform far worse in "test" conditions than in "not a test" conditions. B) If aware of ethnic stereotypes, African-American and Hispanic children perform far worse in "not a test" conditions than in "test" conditions. C) Mounting evidence confirms that stereotype threat does not affect test performance in children or adults. D) Stereotype threat only affects test performance when examiners are poorly trained.