A nurse regulary brings a six pack of beer to work and consumes it over his shift, brushing his teeth to keep his breath clean. According to Goffman, what kind of behavior is the nurse engaging in?
A) passing
B) covering
C) stigma
D) retrospective interpretations
Answer: B
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Certain people were hypnotized and other people pretended to be hypnotized. Could hypnotists determine which people were hypnotized? If so, how?
a. Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they reported plausible memories from early childhood. b. Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they tolerated sharp pain without screaming. c. Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they displayed anger when told to experience it. d. Hypnotists could not confidently identify the hypnotized people from the pretenders.
Conrad is attempting to solve an anagram. He starts by trying words that start with common letters, such as "s" and "t.". In this case, Conrad is using:
a. an algorithm to solve the anagram b. a homily to solve the anagram c. a heuristic to solve the anagram d. an axiom to solve the anagram
In determining what your specialty in psychology should be, you should join the psychology club and attend talks by guest speakers from other universities, a department activity referred to as the
a. departmental convention. b. benchmark session. c. colloquia. d. dissertation.
Universities grew during the Middle Ages as the volume of recovered classical and translated manuscripts surged. They were first founded and grew in Paris, Oxford, and ____
a. Constantinople c. Copenhagen b. Bologna d. Rome