Why is it important for parents to remember that a lot of the crying that infants do in their early life occurs for no particular reason?
a. It triggers distress in those around the infants.
b. It is thought to communicate important information.
c. It is just a way for infants to increase lung volume.
d. It has no communicative purpose.
Answer: A
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Which of the following statements exemplifies the beliefs of French physician Philippe Pinel?
A. Mental illness was due to possession by demons, and exorcism was the only useful treatment. B. Mentally ill patients needed to choose rationality over insanity, so treatment was aimed at making their lives as patients uncomfortable. C. Mental patients were ill and needed to be treated as such-with kindness and caring. D. Mental illness was purely a physiological phenomenon and could only be treated by physical means such as bloodletting.
Aronson's jigsaw classroom work is similar to Sheriff's Robbers Cave experiment because both illustrate how
a. social roles can influence the use of stereotypes. b. super ordinate goals can reduce prejudice. c. social identification with a group can increase in group favoritism. d. overcoming feelings of relative deprivation can decrease prejudice.