Erin works at a think tank in Washington, DC. She is a progressive liberal and, as most of her colleagues are around her age and come from similar backgrounds, she makes the assumption that her colleagues are too, even though a large percentage of
them do not identify as such. Erin has fallen susceptible to ________. a) social network conditioning
b) social comparison
c) implicit attitudes
d) pluralistic ignorance
d
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a. emotional reintegration. b. meaning making. c. intellectualizing. d. denying the reality of their pain.
A friend has asked you to describe the difference between "genotype" and "phenotype.". Based upon the material in Chapter Two of the textbook, how would you describe the difference?
What will be an ideal response?
Carmella finds a correlation of +0.47 between self-esteem and academic achievement. Which of the following is the most appropriate interpretation of this correlation?
a. High self-esteem motivates students to achieve more academically. b. Doing well academically increases students' self-esteem. c. The higher students' self-esteem, the greater their academic achievement. d. As self-esteem increases, academic achievement decreases.
The domestication of various species of animals would be of primary importance to which area of specialization in psychology?
a. comparative b. developmental c. environmental d. forensic