1) some psychologists use the term gender to refer to:
a.biological differences between the sexes
b.differences that are an outgrowth of socialization practices
c.how you think about yourself in a sexual sense
d.all of the above
2) infantile amnesia occurs until about what age?
a.1 year
b.2 years
c.3 years
d.about 34 years
3) when a researcher who is collecting data does not know a studys hypothesis, the
study is a:
a.blind study
b.confounded study
c.meta-analytic study
d.reactivity study
4) if cigarettes contained no nicotine, the brains dopamine neurons would be:
a.overstimulated by smoking
b.less affected by smoking
c.inhibited by smoking
d.easily activated at first but inactive after the first cigarette
5) what is the correct order of the periods of the human developmental progression?
a.prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood
b.prenatal, infancy, adolescence, childhood, adulthood
c.prenatal, infancy, childhood, adulthood, adolescence
d.none of the above
6) a clear influencing factor in the life of a person with borderline personality disorder
is:
a.a history of violence or abuse
b.the traumatic breakup of the persons parents marriage
c.an adolescent peer group that encourages impulsive, selfish behavior
d.the role modeling of a sibling with the same personality disorder
7) if a researcher defined happiness based on the number of times a person smiled in a
15-minute period, the number of smiles would be:
a.an open-ended measurement
b.the operational definition of happiness
c.a meta-analysis of the variable
d.a measure of reaction time
8) esmeralda is very anxious about taking her final exam in organic chemistry. instead
of doing last-minute studying in her dorm, esmeralda goes to the exam room. several
students are already there, discussing their nervousness about the final. social
comparison theory would predict that esmeralda will _____ in the presence of other
anxious people.
a.become more anxious
b.become too aroused
c.feel validated
d.both a and b
9) the major factor that determines whether the presence of other people produces social
facilitation or social loafing is:
a.interpersonal compatibility
b.personal responsibility
c.task difficulty
d.potential rewards
10) the role of hereditary factors in autism:
a.has been based on large-scale studies of autistic parents and their children
b.was more prevalent when the disorder was first defined, in the 1960s
c.has recently been confirmed by family and twin studies
d.is about equal to that played by environmental factors, such as parenting