Psychology in Action, 10th Edition

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TitlePsychology Around UsPsychology in Action Resource Type Textbook Textbook Audience Level Introductory Introductory Pages840784 Publication DateFebruary, 2012June, 2012 Author(s) Ronald Comer & Elizabeth Gould Karen Huffman Imprint John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons Print Book 1118012070 1118019083 Kindle Book B005HGFG74 B006WOJWN4 Edition210 Brief Description Known for hands-on activities and thorough pedagogy, this best-seller is for students who want to apply psychology in the world around them. This text offers students a range of tools to successfully learn the subject, while highlighting psychology as an integrated science.

True or False

1. Stress causes cancer.
2. There is there is strong scientific evidence for Extra Sensory Perception (ESP.)
3. Sleep deprivation and shift work are key contributors to industrial and automobile accidents.
4. An amount of LSD the size of an aspirin tablet is enough to product psychoactive effects in over 300 people.
5. Prejudiced and superstitious peoples are born that way.
6. B.F. Skinner raised his daughter in a cage-like Skinner box, which led to her adult mental illness.
7. Sex and gender are essentially the same.
8. Mental disorders are a sign of personal weakness.
9. Asking a depressed person about suicide will push him or her over the edge and cause a suicidal act that would not otherwise have occurred.
10. Most peoples judge others more harshly than they judge themselves.
11. Romantic love rarely lasts longer than 1 or 2 years.
12. Similarity is one of the best predictors of long-term relationships.
13. Polygraph ( lie detector ) tests can accurately and reliably reveal whether or not a person is lying.
14. In an emergency, as the number of bystanders increases, your chance of getting help decreases.
15. Your first hunch on a multiple-choice test is your best guess.

Answers

1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. False
7. False
8. False
9. False
10. True
11. True
12. True
13. False
14. False
15. False