“The individual breaks away and wants to escape from it because the crowd, as a whole, is endangered. But because he is still stuck in it, he must attack it” (Canetti, 1962, p. 26). What is being described?

a.  an acquisitive panic
  b.  a riot
  c.  a lynch mob
  d.  an escape panic
  e.  hooliganism

d.  an escape panic

Psychology

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a. Brain damage that occurs prenatally can usually be remedied through medication during early childhood. b. The worst time to suffer brain damage is very early, during prenatal development and the first year after birth. c. The worst forms of brain damage tend to result from synaptic pruning that occurs over an extended period of development. d. New brain stimulation methods are dramatically decreasing the rates of negative consequences from early brain injuries.

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A technique that aims to eliminate a fear through full-intensity exposure to a feared stimulus for a prolonged period of time is ______

a. systematic desensitization c. flooding b. paradoxical intent d. aversive conditioning

Psychology