Sherry Is Often Overly Generous in Sacrificing Her Time to Help

question 285

Multiple Choice

Sherry is often overly generous in sacrificing her time to help others.Her friend suggests that by keeping busy in this way Sherry avoids confronting her own unconscious conflicts.Her friend's suggestion illustrates the type of explanation that is most typical of

• A) evolutionary psychology.
• B) cognitive neuroscience.
• C) structuralism.
• D) Freudian psychology.

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Definitions:

Prejudice Development

The process by which individuals form biased or preconceived judgments or opinions about others before obtaining full knowledge or understanding.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in psychology that involves pairing a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

Negative Information

Data or facts that are undesirable or create adverse impressions.

Social Groups

Collections of individuals who interact and share certain characteristics, beliefs, values, or a sense of unity and belonging.