If you were a psychologist who began practicing in the mid-20th century, you would have noticed the shift toward focusing on ______.
a. stimuli and responses
b. personal strengths and virtues
c. pharmacological treatment
d. Freudian therapeutic practices
Ans: A
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a. cognitive dissonance. b. personal prejudice. c. group prejudice. d. discrimination.
Nicole graduated from high school and started college, because she didn't want to work. She has no idea what she wants to do with her life and has little motivation toward her studies. According to Erickson, Nicole is experiencing
a. role diffusion. c. ego identity. b. stagnation. d. isolation.
Which of the following statements is most true regarding speech perception research?
A) We seem to be pre-programmed to primarily learn the language of our parents or culture. B) It is difficult to study how individuals perceive language and human speech sounds in infants under one-year-old. C) Infants that have parents that cannot hear or speak generally show major delays in human speech perception. D) Infants under 6 months of age can detect subtle changes in human speech sounds in languages they are unfamiliar with; this ability gradually declines with age.
A man has been accused of a crime. He asks his lawyer if they should blame peer pressure for his behavior. The lawyer responds that this defense only tends to reduce sentences in societies that are
A. collectivist. B. history-focused. C. object-focused. D. individualist.