The textbook lists each of the following as goals of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination EXCEPT
A) helping us to be accurate.
B) supporting and protecting one's own group.
C) providing social approval.
D) bolstering personal and social identities.
Answer: A
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When someone has many different physical symptoms before the age of 30, typically seeks multiple treatments, suffers impairment, and has negative medical testing, he/she could be diagnosed with
a. somatopsychosis. b. somatic symptom disorder. c. attentional need disorder. d. dissociative hysteria.
Suppose twin teenagers are vying for their mother's attention. The mother is trying to pay attention to one of her daughters, though both girls are talking (one about her boyfriend, one about a school project). According to the operating characteristics of Treisman's attenuator, it is most likely the attenuator is analyzing the incoming messages in terms of
A. physical characteristics. B. language. C. meaning. D. direction.
In the United States and Canada, legislation mandates that children with learning disabilities ______.
A. are to be placed in a separate classroom to better meet their educational needs B. should only be taught by teachers who have special training in the particular learning disability they have C. should receive private education paid for by the government in order to increase the probability that they will succeed D. are to be placed in the least restrictive environment
An important role of the spinal cord is the:
a. processing and storing of incoming sensory information. b. control of reflexes above the neck. c. monitoring of the activity of the internal organs. d. control of automatic reflexes below the neck.