In 2003, American and British leaders justified attacking Iraq not as a hostile effort to kill Iraqis but as an act of liberation and of self-defense against presumed weapons of mass destruction. Social psychologists would consider this an example of ________ aggression.
A. instrumental
B. impulsive
C. duplicitous
D. manipulative
Answer: A
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a. behavioral genetics b. the Human Genome Project c. whole-genome sequencing d. genome-wide association studies
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A) three times as B) half as C) twice as D) slightly less
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A) only positive life events B) crisis and major restricting in midlife C) continuity with little or no change D) troubling times that prompt new goals
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A) Volunteer bias B) Observational desirability C) Social desirability D) Group aptness