Culturally disapproved of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels with the so-called "mental disorder" that caused slaves in the 1840s to run away from their masters being referred to as __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


drapetomania

Psychology

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Which term refers to the assessment of an event to determine whether its implications are positive, negative, or neutral?

A. psychological review B. primary appraisal C. secondary appraisal D. physiological assessment

Psychology

When male rats are under stress, they react with the fight-or-flight response. Female rats, on the other hand, may react with ____

a. the might-or-right syndrome b. the tend-and-befriend response c. flight only d. a tendency to hide

Psychology

The individual who revised the Binet-Simon scale into an English version, which became known as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale was __________

a. Charles Spearman b. David Wechsler c. Theodore Simon d. Louis Terman

Psychology

The brain region believed to be associated with "hunches," "intuition," and the emotional component of thinking is located in the

a. parietal lobes near the cerebellum. b. temporal lobes directly above the hippocampus. c. frontal lobes just behind the central fissure. d. temporal lobes beside the lateral fissure. e. frontal lobes just above the eyes.

Psychology