Taaj yells degrading or sexually inappropriate comments at women on the subway. This is an example of ______.
A. stereotype
B. prejudice
C. discrimination
D. adaptive response
Answer: C
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The term sociobiology ____?
a. ?is now an accepted part of evolutionary psychology b. ?has been absorbed by the cognitive psychologists and used in the term "sociocognitivism" c. ?is used at meetings of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society d. ?has such a negative connotation that it has been dropped from use e. ?was coined by William James
The matching hypothesis predicts that Sandra will look for a partner who
a. lives near her apartment. b. is similar to her in physical attractiveness. c. regularly compliments her. d. comes from the same town or city. e. is interested in her.
University Hospital physicians and psychologists have invested millions of dollars and a large degree of time into research to study the effects of both environmental and pharmaceutical treatments on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Which principle of the developmental perspective does this support?
A. Development is plastic. B. Development is multidisciplinary. C. Development is multidirectional. D. Development is multidimensional.
Researchers had participants look at photos of African American and white young men holding various objects in their hand. The participants' job was to determine if the object in the hand was a gun or not, and to press a button labeled "shoot"
if the object was a gun. This research demonstrated a greater likelihood to a. press the button and "shoot" the black young men, regardless of what they were holding. b. press the button and "shoot" the white young men, regardless of what they were holding. c. not press the button at all and thereby be shot themselves. d. press the button for every young man they saw.