In a study by Steele, African-American college students performed poorer on a task than European-American college students when they were told the task was a test of academic ability, while they performed the same as the European-American college students when they were told the task was a laboratory problem-solving task. The results of this study illustrate the concept of
a. symbolic prejudice.
b. stereotype threat.
c. group prejudice.
d. dogmatism.
B
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Ethology is an example of
a. a biologically-oriented theory of development. b. a strict information processing approach to studying development. c. a stage theory for studying cognitive development. d. a behaviorist method for studying behavior.
Peripheral is to ____ as cognitive appraisal is to ____.
A. learning; innate B. brain; emotion C. side; interpretation D. physiological; interpretation
Maslow argues that humans have an innate drive toward
a. physiological needs. b. safety and security. c. personal growth. d. lower levels of needs.
The intense emotional suffering experienced because of the death of a loved one is
a. bereavement b. grief c. mourning d. grief work