A. superordinate goals
B. scapegoating
C. mirror- image perceptions
D. the reciprocity norm
Related Mcqs:
- Sixteen-year-old Foster wants to spend a few years experimenting with different lifestyles and careers before he settles on who and want he wants to be foster’s behavior illustrates the identity status of:
A. identity moratorium
B. identity foreclosure
C. identity achievement
D. identity diffusion - Nasira is afraid of speaking to a large audience. Her therapist suggests that prior to a speaking engagement she should reassure herself with comments like, “Cheer up, Nasira. You know what you’re talking about and your topic is really interesting!” This approach to reducing Nasira’s most clearly illustrates:
A. psychoanalysis
B. client – centered therapy
C. stress inoculation training
D. aversive conditioning - We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. We compare test scores of students who study to music with those who study in silence, Which of the following is an extraneous variable in this experiments?
A. the presence or absence of music
B. the students test scores
C. the amount of time allowed the studying
D. silence - Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 4
D. 3 & 4 - Alex feels so hopeless and depressed that he has recently thought about talking his own life. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to him is:
A. Xanax
B. Prozac
C. Thorazine
D. Ativan - Alex thinks smoking is addictive but other players on his hockey team insist that it’s not. Alex is likely to conform to their opinion if:
A. there is obvious disagreement among team players regarding the issue
B. he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team
C. he has publicity voiced his opinion on this issue
D. social facilitation within the term is very low - The notion that aggression can be reduced by allowing angry individuals to engage harmless activities that allow them to “blow off self esteem” is ___________?
A. Frustration-aggression hypothesis
B. Displacement hypothesis
C. Sublimation hypothesis
D. Catharsis hypothesis - The notion that aggression can be reduced by allowing angry individuals to engage harmless activities that allow them to “blow off self esteem” is __________?
A. Frustration-aggression hypothesis
B. Displacement hypothesis
C. Sublimation hypothesis
D. Catharsis hypothesis - In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A. Conformity
B. Minority influence
C. Normative influence
D. Informational influence - In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A. Conformity
B. Minority influence
C. Normative influence
D. Informational influence
