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Aarav doesn’t think that his actions will help change his stressful job. Instead, he adopts the “Smile-the world looks brighter when you do!” coping style to deal with his stress. Aarav is using what type of coping style?

Spiral galaxies are classified in terms of increasing tightness of their spiral arms as types Sa, Sb, and Sc. However, many spiral galaxies are aligned edge-on to Earth and their spiral arms cannot be seen. Which other parameter that is directly related to spiral-arm tightness can be easily seen edge-on and can therefore be used to provide this classification?

In Zimbardo’s prison study, male college students agreed to participate in a 2-week experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles of prisoners and guards. After the prisoners staged a revolt, the researchers found that __________.

Ronin is learning deep-breathing techniques to reduce anxiety about having been robbed at knifepoint. This is an example of __________.

What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behavior of others and to ignore the influence of the situation?

The cliché “familiarity breeds contempt” contradicts which rule of interpersonal attraction?

Why would cosmologists expect the rate of expansion of the universe to be slowing down?

Which part of the brain has been identified as being particularly active when people experience cognitive dissonance?

Which of the following is one reason why living in poverty is stressful?

According to the research of Latané and Darley, which of the following people would someone be the MOST likely to help?