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Charlie is a freshman in college who needs to declare her major. She is interested in history, psychology, medicine, and law. As she thinks about each of these potential majors, she considers both the positive and negative aspects of each, which cause her to go back and forth in her decision. Charlie is experiencing a(n) __________ conflict.

According to Lazarus, our first task when faced with a potential stressor is to estimate its severity and to determine whether it is a challenge or threat. This evaluation is referred to as a __________.

Erik likes to spend time in a Facebook group devoted to a specific hobby. He looks for ways to irritate other members, posting inflammatory comments and “trolling” the group. He does so because he knows that nobody will ever really identify him, since he uses a fake name online. The fact that he can reduce a sense of personal responsibility by hiding his identity is what social psychologists call __________.

If Professor Avila is most interested in studying what you believe about an object or topic, then she is focusing on the __________ component of attitudes.

What term do psychologists use to describe our liking or having the desire for a relationship with another person?

A state of tension that occurs when a person’s attitudes do not match the person’s actions is called __________.

According to some studies, people who have religious commitments are more likely to __________.

Which of the following individuals would be the LEAST likely to help, according to Latané and Darley’s research?

__________ are habitual targets of displaced aggression.

Which term does the text use to refer to a set of characteristics believed to be shared by all members of a particular group?