In what study was an experimental setting staged to make participants think that they were causing harm to another participant by administering electric shocks?
A. Tuskegee Syphilis Study
B. Milgram's obedience experiments
C. Robbers Cave experiment
D. Stanford prison study
Answer: B
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a. Watson maze. b. Skinner box. c. classical conditioning chamber. d. cumulative recorder.
Which of the following is TRUE regarding formal operational thought?
a. The concept was proposed by Vygotsky. b. Most people reach this stage by age 7 or 8. c. Some people never reach this stage. d. It is a type of thinking only used in academic settings.
What position did Locke take on the origin of ideas??
a. ?Some innate ideas exist, such as self, God, and time. b. ?The only acquired ideas are verbal ideas; all other ideas are innate. c. ??Innate ideas don't change; derived ideas are malleable. d. ?All ideas are innate; experience just makes us aware of their presence. e. ?All ideas are acquired from experience; no ideas are innate.
Four-year-old Damian sees his father getting out the vacuum cleaner
In an effort to be helpful, Damian runs over to him and says that he wants to vacuum and begins to take the vacuum cleaner from his father. Even though his father knows he will not vacuum perfectly, he allows Damian to complete the chore. According to the psychosocial stages of development, this instance will likely help Damian to develop a _____ a) solid identity. b) sense that people can be trusted. c) sense of "feeling stuck" and not feel like he has accomplished anything important. d) sense of confidence about initiating the new activity.