A psychological cause of prejudice is that it:
a. reduces feelings of entrapment.
b. increases self-esteem.
c. increases altruistic behavior.
d. decreases us-them thinking.
b
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A. The right and left side of the brain do not communicate with each other. B. They tend to process language in both sides of the brain C. They tend to process language in the right side of the brain. D. The temporal lobe does not effectively share information with the frontal lobe.
Drew believes that individuals with higher levels of social anxiety will be more likely to spend more time on social media. He defines social anxiety levels as scores on a common test of social anxiety. In defining it as a test score, Drew has ____ social anxiety
a. hypothesized about b. analyzed c. theorized about d. operationalized
As compared to non-depressed people, depressed individuals ____.
A. have greater unpleasant events B. react worse to unpleasant events C. have fewer pleasant experiences D. react more to pleasant experiences
You schedule a personality assessment, and the professional you meet with says she's going to start off by giving you a word-association task. On the basis of this information alone, the professional's approach appears to have been influenced by which of the following individuals?
a. William James b. Alfred Binet c. Carl Rogers d. Carl Jung