Explain social referencing.
What will be an ideal response?
involves reading emotional cues in others to help determine how to act in a particular situation.
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In a well-known study conducted by Schachter and Singer, wherein participants were injected either with a stimulant or a placebo and were then exposed to a highly emotional stimulus, it was found that participants showed the strongest emotional reactions when ____
a. they were injected with a stimulant (and knew it) b. they were injected with a stimulant (but didn't know it) c. they were injected with a placebo (and knew it) d. they were injected with a placebo (but didn't know it)
Which statement is true regarding postformal thought?
A. Postformal reasoning is universal across cultures. B. Ultimately, few adults demonstrate reflective judgment. C. Social interaction is not related to postformal thought. D. Beginning college students are more likely to use reflective judgment.
CARE is a mutual help group that has traditions and methods for involving its members actively in mutual support, publicizing and leading meetings, and the other work of the group. However, GROW does not attempt to influence its wider community or other organizations; it exists solely to facilitate the support and well-being of its members. CARE is thus:
a. an empowering but not an empowered organization. b. an empowered but not an empowering organization c. an empowering and an empowered organization. d. neither empowering nor empowered.
After a person had been diagnosed with a mental illness, he feels embarrassed and ashamed to let others know. When he does confide in some of his friends, some ridicule him and some stop being his friends. This situation best illustrates
a. posttraumatic stress disorder. b. the stigma of mental illness. c. the myth of mental illness. d. the diathesis-stress hypothesis.