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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