Which of the Following Demonstrates the Pluralism in Contemporary Social

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following demonstrates the pluralism in contemporary social psychology?

• A) the procedures used to secure government funding
• B) the integration of hot and cold perspectives
• C) the reduction to simple tightly controlled experimental methods
• D) the rejection of various cultural perspectives

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Definitions:

Active Avoidance

The action of learning to evade a disliked stimulus by performing specific behaviors to ensure the stimulus is not encountered.

Aversive Events

Unpleasant or harmful events or stimuli that an individual seeks to avoid or escape.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process through which a subject learns to avoid an unpleasant or harmful stimulus by engaging in particular behaviors.

Passive Avoidance

A learning process in which an individual learns to avoid a stimulus or situation after experiencing or anticipating an unpleasant outcome.