Psychologists use the term ____ to describe the sense of anonymity that often arises when people are in large groups, and which makes people especially likely to engage in aggressive, destructive behavior
a. avoidance
b. deindividuation
c. running amok
d. antisocialization
B
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There are more people with incomes on the low end as compared to the high end. What kind of distribution does this illustrate?
a. Normal b. Positively skewed c. Negatively skewed d. Bell curve
Which of the following statements is true regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)??
a. ?Fewer than 40% of surveyed pediatricians reported using the DSM criteria to evaluate cases of ADHD. b. ?Almost 90% of the children in a very large sample who were receiving medication for ADHD met the carefully constructed criteria spelled out in the DSM. c. ?The DSM provides precise criteria to distinguish between normal and abnormal inattentiveness and hyperactivity. d. ?The combination of inattentiveness and hyperactivity in children is, by definition, ADHD.
According to Berscheid and Walster, passionate love is a product of:
a. beliefs in the idea of romantic love b. a state of emotional arousal c. an attribution about arousal as being love d. all of the above e. b and c
According to a worldwide survey there were more ____ in higher education in 83 of 141 countries
a. young women than young men b. first-generation college students than students whose parents possess a college degree c. ethnic minorities than those of European descent d. individuals of low socioeconomic status (SES) than those of middle or high SES