Fein and Spencer (1997) conducted a study in which participants evaluated a job applicant whom they believed to be either Jewish or non-Jewish. Which statement about this study is false?
a. Participants were more likely to discriminate against the Jewish applicant when they had previously beengiven negative feedback about their own abilities
b. Participants who were able to avoid discriminating against the Jewish applicant demonstrated the biggestboost to their own self-esteem.
c. The study was conducted on a campus where negative stereotypes about Jewish women were pervasive.
d. Their results provide supporting evidence for one of the basic predictions of social identity theory.
b
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Jim's therapist concluded that there was "a lot going on in his psyche last week." What did his therapist mean by this?
a. Jim had a busy week last week. b. Jim had a lot on his mind last week. c. Jim had a lot going on last week in terms of his interpersonal relationships. d. Jim had a poor sense of reality last week (in terms of who he was, where he was, what the date was, and so forth).
Psychological approaches for sexual problems may target
a. marital conflict and exhaustion. b. trauma and depression. c. anxiety and substance abuse. d. all of these may be targets of sex therapy.
Psychoanalytic theory suggests that anorexic young girls are most prone to ____.
A. anger B. depression C. sexual fears D. substance abuse
Which theory of human development do you feel is most valid: stage theory, learning theory, systems theory, or eclecticism? Explain your reasoning and provide examples to support it.
What will be an ideal response?