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Frustration-aggression theory (Dollard and Miller) - ANSWER Occurs when an individual is blocked so that he or she cannot reach an intended goal (or the goal is removed); frustration leads to aggression Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger) - ANSWER Suggested individuals are motivated to reduce tension and discomfort, putting an end to dissonance (e.g., I'd rather smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day and enjoy life than live an extra year or two); people don't like inconsistency in their tho...

PSY100 Midterm #1 UofT Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Empiricism - Answer- The view that knowledge comes from observed/sensory experience Empirical evidence - Answer- Refers to the data that has been collected (or the knowledge that has been gained) by scientific observation What is the role of theories? - Answer- Scientific theories typically explain the relationship between two or more variables. What must scientific theories be? - Answer- Testable, falsifiable, parsimonious Wha...

NCE/LPC Exam Study Guide Exam Questions Marking Scheme Current Update Ego's need for immediate gratification. - Answer -Pleasure Principle The cause or ____________of abnormal behavior is difficult to determine in most cases. - Answer -Etiology An individual who is happy,autonomous, & creative has reached ______________. - Answer -Self-actualization This is necessary from parents for children to develop healthy concepts. (Rogers) - Answer -Unconditional Positive Regard Accomplish...

PSYC 140 - Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Updated (100% VERIFIED) According to social psychologists Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary, human beings have a fundamental psychological need to ________. excel belong compete achieveCorrect Ans:-belong When surveyed, over 87% of Americans reported that they preferred to spend significant periods of time without other people around. were married or wanted to be married. had a social media account. lived with other people.Correct Ans:-li...

Major Theories & Theorists – NCE Exam with Questions and Answers Define Stereotyping & Prejudice ANSWER Stereotyping - act of thinking that all people of a group are alike. Prejudice - having an opinion based on insufficient evidence Social Comparison Theory & Anglo-Conformity Theory ANSWER SCT - Leon Festinger - we evaluate our behaviors & accomplishments by comparing ourselves to others ACT- people from other cultures would be better off forgeting their heritage and try to confo...

NCMHCE EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 interrole conflict - ANSWER-experience of conflict between expectations of two or more roles that are assumed simultaneously intrarole conflict - ANSWER-experience of conflict between expectations within a given role Albert Bandura's theory - ANSWER-Social learning theory Fritz Heider's balance theory - ANSWER-Concerned with the balance of the individual in question, another individual, and a person/thing/or idea Cognitive dissonance - ANSW...

CLEP PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ PERT - -Program Evaluation and Review Technique- centers on the concept of time and allows flexible scheduleing Decentralization - -Moving power down the line. Taking power from top executives and letting lower level executives make decisions Informal Organization - -Social aspects, grapevines, lunch tables In the informal organization, the emphasis is on people and their relationships; in the formal organizati...

Compliance to a large request is gained by preceding it with a very small request - Answer foot-in-the-door technique Influence stemming from the need for information in situations in which the correct action of judgement is uncertain. - Answer informational social influence The tendency to underestimate the commonality of one's abilities and successful behaviors. - Answer false uniqueness effect A mode of group thinking that impairs decision making because the desire for grou...

PSYC 140 - Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Updated (100% VERIFIED) When surveyed, over 87% of Americans reported that they preferred to spend significant periods of time without other people around. were married or wanted to be married. had a social media account. lived with other people.Correct Ans:-lived with other people. Paulette recently irritated some of the girls in a sorority at her college, so they have decided to exclude her from their group. The group of girls ignores P...

identify the type of explanation that explains how something works rather than describing why a specific attribute of a mechanism exists correct answers mechanistic explanation in the order of their occurrence, rank the steps that a child follows to acquire language as stated by Noam Chomsky in his theory of language acquisition correct answers 1) the child acquires language by analyzing the language that he or she hears 2) the language heard by the child is processed, and the rules of langu...