Terror management starts with the proposition that
a. awareness of one's own death leads to angst.
b. it is failure to control fears that leads to problematic behavior.
c. people respond to terror by avoiding anything with meaning or value.
d. None of these answers are correct.
A
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The reliance of many social psychology studies on college student participants poses a threat to
a. internal validity. b. external validity. c. mundane realism. d. experimental realism.
When psychologists study effects of neighborhoods on personal life, greater citizen participation in community organizations and sense of community among residents are examples of ____
a. distal socioeconomic processes b. risky physical environments c. neighborhood disorder d. protective processes
There are differences between basic research and applied research. Which of the following would be an applied research question?
a. "What are the basic stages of childhood development?" b. "How do people respond to a crisis when there are many other people around?" c. "What are the psychological principals that explain different types of learning?" d. "Which method is most effective for a person with anxiety to use to stay calm in a stressful situation?"
Regarding the two-processes of operant and classical conditioning, which is true?
A) Phobias are likely caused by classical conditioning maintained by operant conditioning. B) Concerning brain imaging scans, phobias are based largely in the frontal lobes. C) Concerning brain imaging scans, phobias are based largely in the temporal lobes. D) Phobias are likely caused by operant conditioning and maintained by classical conditioning.