As Conrad has gotten older, he finds that it is becoming more difficult to remember certain words or the name of a new acquaintance. What is the most likely explanation for this change in memory?
a. Alzheimer's disease
b. the aging process
c. stress
d. heredity
c
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Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about affirmative action in the United States?
a. Lyle: "According to the affirmative action laws, relatively large organizations need to consider qualified women and also people from underrepresented ethnic groups.". b. Carmen: "Affirmative action means that companies must hire unqualified women, rather than qualified men.". c. Bryan: "About half of the affirmative action court cases involve discrimination against highly qualified men.". d. Josefa: "The government sets specific quotas about the number of people that a company must hire from an underrepresented group.".
Jade is a 15-year-old high school freshman who tends to be very high-strung and tense. Sometimes when her parents aren't home she will sneak a shot of liquor from their bar, or sit in the basement and drink a beer from the downstairs refrigerator. She tells herself that the alcohol helps her to relax. According to your textbook, an effective way to help Jade reduce her drinking would be to a
provide therapy that teaches better stress-coping strategies. b. ask her physician to give her a prescription for a mild, yet legal sedative. c. encourage her to get a part-time job to take her mind off of her stressors. d. suggest that she spend more time with friends and less time at home.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. You are more likely to become obese if your friend becomes obese. 2. The foot-in-the-door technique works because of reciprocating concessions. 3. Conformity involves following the instructions of an authority figure. 4. Solomon Asch conducted the classic study on conformity. 5. Solomon Asch demonstrated that normative influence can cause people to misperceive the length of lines.
Although she has grown up in an upper middle-class family and lived in small reasonably safe town, Patti has always felt that she was different from her siblings and from the other teenagers at school. Due to this feeling of "not fitting in," Patti joined a cult. Maslow would say that Patti joined the cult because she was trying to fulfill which basic need?
a. love and belonging needs b. security needs c. self-esteem needs d. self-actualization