If I answer a question differently on a questionnaire because I am afraid of what other people will think of me, I am showing
a. The social desirability tendency
b. The Stroop effect
c. Acquiescence
d. The good subject tendency
a
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A psychologist measures blood alcohol level to determine intoxication. In this example, blood alcohol level is the ____ definition of intoxication
a. operational b. dictionary c. objective d. precise
Regarding STDs and safer sex, choice, risk, and responsibility, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. In general, most adults favor greater freedom of choice for themselves. b. When it comes to sex, greater choice is accompanied by greater risk. c. Today younger people are exploring their sexual identities in an era of more casual sex. d. Most sexually active people overestimate their risk of contracting chlamydia and gonorrhea.
The results of Harlow's primate experiments contradicted which theory?
A) ethological B) psychoanalytic C) social referencing D) gestalt
Isabelle lives in a household where her parents are gone most of the time, and even when they are home, Isabelle goes to school with dirty clothes and no breakfast. What type of parents is Isabelle likely to have?
a) uninvolved b) permissive c) authoritarian d) authoritative