One problem with using archival data (e.g., existing records of disturbances) to demonstrate that exposure to uncomfortable levels of heat causes people to behave aggressively is that
A) more people might simply be outside on a warm day than on a cold day.
B) by definition, people who participate in disturbances are not a random sample.
C) it is difficult to access such records.
D) the records focus on the past 200 years.
E) such disturbances do not involve the kind of aggression of interest to social psychologists.
A) more people might simply be outside on a warm day than on a cold day.
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Peter Gollwitzer and his colleagues have made a similar distinction between two kinds of intentions. A ______ is the intent to reach a particular outcome and an ________ concerns the how, when, and where of the process?
A. minor intention, major intention. B. primary intention, secondary intention. C. implementation intention, goal intention. D. goal intention, implementation intention.
According to social learning theory, a child's attempts to match his or her behavior to another person's behavior is called
a. identification. b. imitation. c. self-efficacy. d. organismic valuing.