When Lucy is unhappy with Aaron's advances, she stays focused on reading a book, ignoring him. This is an example of
a. criticism
b. contempt
c. withdrawal
d. defensiveness
C
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According to catharsis theory, ____
a. expressing negative emotions produces a healthy release and is therefore good for the psyche b. practicing emotional restraint of negative emotions (i.e., holding in negative emotions) can help to dissipate, or reduce, such emotions across time c. ironically, people tend to feel unpleasant emotions when they have survived a negative experience when others have suffered d. emotions tend to promote interpersonal ties
The newer (second-generation) antipsychotic drugs affect various dopamine receptors as well as other neurotransmitter systems such as
a. melanin. b. neurontin. c. endorphins. d. serotonin.
Who created the field that came to be known as information theory?
a. Norbert Wiener b. Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver c. Allen Newell and Herbert Simon d. Noam Chomsky
In a series of experiments, Steele and Aronson (1995) had both African-American and Anglo-American students at Stanford University take a verbal test. In one condition, the test was described as a valid measure of intelligence, and in the other condition, the test was described as neither a reliable nor valid measure of intelligence. In the former condition, African Americans performed more poorly than did Anglo Americans because