As a class project, a group of students decides to view television programs to see how much violence occurs. What are they likely to find?
a) Violence occurs primarily in adult programs.
b) Most programs have violent scenes, with very few having antiviolence messages.
c) Violent scenes are counterbalanced by scenes that promote prosocial attitudes and behaviors.
d) Most violent scenes are so unrealistic that most viewers do not see any connection or effect from what they view.
B
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a. "hot" and "cold" b. controlled and automatic c. social and biological d. economic and cognitive
Renee has been restricting her food consumption for over 10 years and was recently hospitalized for the third time in 6 months for severe dehydration and related heart conditions. Given this pattern Renee is at higher than average risk for which of the following?
a. osteoporosis b. depression c. death d. all of the above
Dr. Harmon expected that her neurotic patients would come significantly earlier to all scheduled appointments compared to other patients, and planned to run a one-tailed test to see if their arrival times were much earlier. Unfortunately, she found the opposite result: the neurotic patients came to appointments later than other patients. What can Dr. Harmon conclude from her one-tailed test?
a. Neurotic patients came to appointments significantly later than other patients. b. Neurotic patients came to appointments significantly earlier than other patients. c. Non-neurotic patients came to appointments significantly earlier than neurotic patients. d. Neurotic patients did not come to appointments significantly earlier than other patients.
The training that Witmer envisioned for clinical psychology was most compatible with the education leading to which of the following degrees?
a. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) b. Doctor of Psychology degree (PsyD) c. Master of Arts degree (MA) d. Master of Science degree (MS)