Because manystereotypes are acquired and sustained through the mass media, theyare all
of the following EXCEPT
a. particularly difficult to challenge.
b. usually more extreme.
c. difficult to revise.
d. unlikely to be examined.
e. more easily distinguished from discriminations.
e. more easily distinguished from discriminations.
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According to labeling theory, a psychiatric diagnosis serves to
a. identify etiological factors. b. eliminate bias due to social factors. c. clarify the nature of a psychiatric disorder. d. create a social role that perpetuates abnormal behavior.
In 1908, Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote that "Psychology has a long past, but only a short history." Which statement best captures the idea that Ebbinghaus was expressing?
a. Psychologists, like philosophers, have difficulty learning from their mistakes. b. Questions about human nature have existed for a long time, but only recently have the methods necessary to answer them been developed. c. The field of psychology has existed for a long time, but only recently have scholars recorded the accomplishments of the profession. d. Although psychologists have been doing laboratory research for hundreds of years, little of substance has been discovered about human nature.