Carlin ran naked across center ice during the opening face-off in a playoff hockey game. When the police arrested him, he did not seem the least bit disturbed by his actions or by his subsequent arrest. In this example, Carlin's "streaking" would most likely be considered:
a. emotionally disturbing and psychologically abnormal
b. emotionally disturbing but psychologically normal
c. culturally deviant and psychologically abnormal
d. culturally deviant but psychologically normal
C
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The self-defense explanation of a crime essentially involves convincing the jury to make what sort of attribution about the defendant's actions?
a. situational b. dispositional c. personal d. cognitive e. internal
In one way or another, all of the psychologists covered in this chapter used introspection. Using introspection as a method was second nature because of their academic training as philosophers. However, now they were using introspection ____
a. reliably b. experimentally c. therapeutically d. rationally
An irrational and senseless act that a person is driven to perform repeatedly is called __________
a) a compulsion. b) an obsession. c) a habit. d) a schedule.
If Scott is a typical newborn, his brain and head are
A) about 90% of their adult size. B) about one-tenth of their adult size. C) about one-quarter of their adult size. D) more than half their adult size.