People may use both prosocial behavior and aggression to ____
A) gain popularity and status
B) receive empathy from others
C) improve their empathic accuracy
D) decrease their inflated self-esteem
E) relieve their negative states
Answer: B
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Which of the following is the best psychological description for intelligence?
A) how creative a person is B) how much a person knows C) how well a person can understand, reason, and cognitively adapt to obstacles D) how "street smart" a person is
Which of the following factors are cited by your authors as being at least partially responsible for the underrepresentation of women in the "hard sciences"?
A) Discrimination and societal expectations B) Genetic disadvantages C) Stereotype threat D) Demand characteristics
Erikson regarded play as a means through which
A) children escape from the demands of their lives into a fantasy world. B) preschoolers symbolically represent their unconscious wishes and desires. C) children seek to avoid punishment and maintain the affection of parents. D) young children learn about themselves and their social world.
The unconscious mind is generally governed by the __________
a. reality principle b. structural model c. topographical model d. pleasure principle