The groups in which a person aspires to hold membership are called

a. reference groups.
b. membership groups. c. ethnic groups.
d. cohort groups.


a

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a. dissociative personality disorder b. dissociative depressive disorder c. dissociative identity disorder d. dissociative amnesia

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As described by Dollard, the original notion of catharsis included two steps. What are those steps?

a. reduction of physiological arousal? decrease in anger and aggression b. freeing up of intrapsychic energy? greater ability to distract oneself from a frustrating stimulus c. increase of physiological arousal? displacement of aggression onto weaker targets d. behaving in a way that is the opposite of an unacceptable, deeply rooted unconscious impulse

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Which of the following is an example of a source of information for archival research

A. Census information B. Marriage Applications C. Police Reports D. All of the above

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In a longitudinal survey of 12 to 17-year-olds in the United States (Wolff & Crockett, 2011), adolescents who engaged in more analytic and deliberative decision-making reported

a. more alcohol use. b. more drug use. c. more risky sex. d. less frequent risk-taking.

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