This Is Marked by a Desire for Security, Orderliness, and Control

question 74

Multiple Choice

This is marked by a desire for security, orderliness, and control, for the management of risk and the taming of chance.

• A) Culture of power
• B) Culture of control
• C) Culture of security
• D) Culture of dominance

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

A psychological phenomenon where the sensitivity to a stimulus decreases over time when the stimulus is constantly present.

Psychophysics

The branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce.

Signal-detection Theory

A psychological theory that describes how individuals differentiate between informative signals and background noise in the environment.

Response Bias

A tendency for participants to respond to questions or tasks in a particular way that is not directly related to the content of the questions or tasks.