What Would You Predict Would Happen When Duke, a White

question 141

Multiple Choice

What would you predict would happen when Duke, a white supremacist teen, reads a scientific study indicating that Asians have higher IQs than whites?

• A) ​He would dismiss the study as being flawed.
• B) ​He would begin to reconsider his anti-Asian stance.
• C) ​He would now view Asians as more intelligent.
• D) ​He would now views Asians as even less intelligent.

Differentiate between the various neo-Freudian perspectives on personality.

Explain the significance of erogenous zones in Freud's theory of psychosexual development.

Understand the role of factor analysis in personality psychology.

Recognize the importance of early childhood experiences in shaping adult personality.

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Definitions:

Experimental Methods

A research methodology in psychology and other sciences involving the manipulation of variables to determine cause and effect relationships.

Biases

Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion.

Logical Errors

Faulty reasoning patterns or mistaken beliefs that often result from cognitive biases or limitations.

Conclusions

Statements or judgments that are arrived at by reasoning from evidence or facts.