Which of the following is an example of direct, active, verbal aggression?

A. calling someone a stupid jerk
B. refusing to acknowledge someone's preferred name
C. telling a person's significant other that they are cheating
D. allowing an innocent person to be arrested when you could provide an alibi

Answer: A

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a. We select relatively large amounts of information from the sensory registers. b. We select information from the sensory registers only on the basis of its physical characteristics. c. The background processing of "ignored" signals allows our attention to be shifted to focus on something particularly meaningful. d. "Unattended" messages are completely filtered out.

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of case studies?

a. Case studies produce a less detailed picture of an individual than other methods. b. Case studies have only limited usefulness for deriving general principles of behavior. c. Data from case studies is more abstract, vague, and general than data from other methods. d. The amount of control used in case studies makes them very artificial.

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