Applicants for the Stanford Prison Study were screened for physical and mental health as well as randomly assigned to the prisoner and guard conditions. This was important because it:
a. minimized the effects of the situation.
b. ruled out the effects of individual differences that could have contributed to differences in behavior.
c. decreased the insurance premiums charged to the university.
d. protected those individuals running the study from harm.
b
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a. id; superego b. superego; id c. id; ego d. ego; id
Mark says to a friend, "I saw my therapist today. All she wanted me to do was say whatever thoughts and feelings came into my head, even if some of them were embarrassing." Mark's therapist is using the technique of __________
a) exposure. b) free association. c) resistance. d) transference.
A 2007 study of Greek college students found that:
A) ?students living on campus ate less healthy diets. B) ?students living at home ate more unhealthy diets. C) ?students living on campus or home ate similar diets. D) ?student diets were unrelated to their place of residence.
By conceptualizing schizophrenia as "nerves" rather than as "craziness," Mexican Americans may __________.
A. see it as a curable condition, which bears less social stigma and may positively impact the person's chances of recovery B. not take it as seriously as they should, thus decreasing the person's long-term chances of recovery C. place themselves and the person at risk by not treating the disorder before the person becomes violent D. stigmatize traditional males in a way that makes it more difficult for them to recover, as "nerves" is seen as a female disorder and a sign of weakness