In the U.S., 16yearolds expect to obtain a driver's license. What concept is best illustrated here?
a. Life expectancy
b. Psychological functioning
c. Age-graded societal expectations d. Individualism
c
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Though this was certainly not Milgram's intent, a. many theorists use the results of his studies to try to explain the behavior of Nazi guards and others during theHolocaust
b. some scholars suggest that his findings indicate that anyone is capable of destructive obedience if placed inthe right situation. c. raising people's awareness of the explanations for someone else's wrongdoing also tends to render peoplemore forgiving of this wrongdoing. d. subsequent researchers have extended his findings to other cultures and time periods.
In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Norman Triplett examined the records of teams of cyclists. He found that cyclists who raced against each other ____ than those who raced alone (against the clock)
a. were more aggressive after the race b. got into more accidents c. cycled more quickly d. enjoyed the race less
A Congressional hearing is taking place in Washington, D.C. The representatives are discussing whether the portrayals of violence on children's TV shows are perhaps contributing to the actual violence we see in schools today
What psychological process are the representatives probably considering as the reason that TV influences school violence? a) observational learning b) operant conditioning c) classical conditioning d) insight learning
Which type of psychologist is most likely to believe that the conscious mind is a natural process occurring in the nerve cells of the brain that can be studied through objective scientific inquiry?
a. humanistic psychologists b. behavioral geneticists c. cognitive neuroscientists d. experiential psychologists e. clinical psychologists