Chicken Little was afraid the sky was falling, so he warned everyone about it. Henny Penny explained that Chicken Little's emotional experience (fear) was a result of him thinking that an event (the sky falling) would negatively affect his well-being. Henny Penny most likely agrees with __________ theory of emotion.
A. Cannon's central
B. James's peripheral
C. Schachter-Singer's
D. Lazarus's cognitive appraisal
Answer: D
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The realistic conflict theory focuses on conflict __________.
A. within an ingroup B. between two groups C. within an outgroup D. between two members of an ingroup
A researcher compares people who have gone to college with those who have not. He predicts and finds that people with a college education are less likely to smoke or drink than those who never went. In this example, the researcher is using
A. randomly assigned participants. B. a manipulated independent variable. C. a nonmanipulated independent variable. D. a correlation coefficient.
A researcher who simply watches behavior on the subway in a large city to learn about helping behavior is using which of the following techniques?
a. Archival analysis b. Behavioral categorization c. Unacknowledged observer d. Acknowledged observer
Citing a nonracial reason for one’s opposition or dislike of a minority political candidate is an example of:
a. Modern prejudice b. Symbolic prejudice c. Aversive prejudice d. All of the above