Someone says to you, "Homeless people scare me. They're all crazy." What is your BEST response?
A) "It's true that most homeless people experience a serious mental illness."
B) "That's a big myth. Virtually no homeless people are truly mentally ill."
C) "Unfortunately, about a third of homeless people are mentally ill."
D) "You should be scared. Mentally ill homeless people are usually violent."
Answer: C) "Unfortunately, about a third of homeless people are mentally ill."
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a. The rat was the unconditioned stimulus and fear was the unconditioned response. b. The rat was the unconditioned response and fear was the unconditioned stimulus. c. The rat was the conditioned stimulus and fear was the unconditioned stimulus. d. The rat was the conditioned stimulus and fear was the conditioned response.
Research on racism has indicated that ____
a. people who sincerely espouse racial equality may have negative automatic attitudes towards individuals of different races b. at least where racism is concerned, people's automatic and deliberate attitudes are consistent with each other c. individuals who espouse racist beliefs often have non-racist automatic attitudes d. it is virtually impossible to determine deliberate attitudes based on automatic attitudes
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a. depends on the kind of test you want to run. b. has little to do with whatever data you collect. c. is largely the same across a wide variety of procedures. d. is important only if you want to compare two populations.
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a. interdependence b. individualism c. independence d. autonomy