In a Study Described in Your Textbook, Psychologists Studied Students

question 123

Multiple Choice

In a study described in your textbook, psychologists studied students who lived in poorly designed and crowded dormitories. By comparing these students to others who had better accommodations, the psychologists determined that the stressful living conditions caused the students to:

• A) become emotionally closer to the other students sharing the same space.
• B) focus their anger onto one or two "scapegoats."
• C) develop emotional coping strategies.
• D) lose their sense of control and feel helpless.

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Definitions:

Premises

Premises refer to statements or ideas assumed to be true and used as the basis for constructing an argument or reasoning.

Conclusions

The end or finish of an event, process, or text, often summarizing the main points or findings.

Convergent Thinking

A cognitive process in which a person has the goal of finding a single, correct answer to a problem, as opposed to divergent thinking which involves generating multiple solutions.

Routine Problem Solving

A type of problem-solving that relies on past experiences and practiced strategies to efficiently address familiar issues.