Stanley Milgram conducted studies in which participants were directed by the experimenter to deliver high voltage shocks to a confederate every time the confederate gave the wrong answer on a learning task. This study exemplified which of the following ph
A) conformity
B) obedience
C) aggression
D) social validation
Answer: B
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Recent research and increased understanding about the role of neurotransmitters in psychopathology point out that a. each psychological disorder is caused by a deficit in a specific neurotransmitter
b. only severe psychological disorders like schizophrenia are caused by imbalances of neurotransmitter activity. c. simple cause/effect conclusions that an individual neurotransmitter abnormality causes a disorder are incomplete. d. neurotransmitters have very little to do with psychopathology for most individuals but may be the single cause of disorders for others.
The purpose of having random assignment in an experiment is to:
a. prevent subjects from knowing of which experimental group they are a member. b. provide ethical reasons for being in an experiment . c. make sure that no pre-existing differences among groups caused the change in the experimental group's behavior. d. cause a selection factor to determine how the subjects will behave in the experiment.
A "Skinner box" is most likely to be used in research on ______
a. classical conditioning c. vicarious learning b. operant conditioning d. cognitive learning
What centuries-old assumption about language acquisition has been recently called into question?
A. Cooing always comes before babbling. B. Children that are raised bilingually never achieve fluency in either language. C. Humans alone are able to acquire language. D. Language itself directly influences people's thoughts.