Psychology – 1

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1. Acting out is a means of ventilating inner feelings without restriction.
2. In looking through telephone book numbers, looking for letters next to numbers is a test of divided attention.
3. The fundamental attribution error explains why we attribute other people’s mistakes to situational reasons.
4. The fundamental attribution error is less likely to occur in collectivist societies.
5. Social role valorization is the new aim of mental health services.
6. The semantic content is completely contained in the word.
7. Telephone conversations are longer than face-to-face conversations.
8. The congruity theory holds that if a person does not agree with a message from a person they like, they will change both the attitude towards the person and to the message.
9. Deviancy amplification spiral leads to secondary deviance.
10. In a stable community of wild baboons, the dominant male is the most aggressive.
11. In baboons, female dominance comes from the mother.
12. According to Eysenck, introverts condition quicker than extroverts.
13. Eysenck’s personality theory is idiographic.
14. Disorders in the children of parents with depression are secondary to the core symptoms in the parents.
15. Friendships in teenagers are based on standards that are opposed to parental standards.
16. The parents of a child with learning disabilities would show bereavement response.
17. Groups tend to make more extreme decisions than individuals.
18. Social iatrogenesis includes side-effects of mass vaccination.
19. Labelling theory implies the understanding by the labelled individual of the specific behaviour expected to be associated with the particular label.
20. Charismatic leaders have referent power.
21. Leadership ability depends on task orientation.
22. Norms is synonymous with values.
23. Social cohesion promotes racial prejudice.
24. In the UK, the Registrar General determines social class based on occupation.
25. Acute stress causes cutaneous vasodilation.