1) according to the world health organization, data suggest that _____ are most likely to
engage in binge and heavy drinking.
a.men
b.women
c.university students
d.none of the above; it varies by culture
2) dr. hunskor is curious about what kinds of stress his patient, ms. m., has been
experiencing recently. ms. m. came to see him because she had temporary amnesia, a
state that is often brought on by extreme stress. would dr. hunskor include information
about life stress as part of a diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm) diagnosis?
a.no; environmental events or factors are not included.
b.no; previous editions of the dsm included this information, but the current edition
does not.
c.yes; this is the most important part of a dsm diagnosis.
d.yes; this is one part of a standard five-component dsm diagnosis.
3) gregor mendel developed the experimental technique called:
a.mendelian breeding
b.selective breeding
c.cross pollination
d.cloning
4) in studies of monozygotic twins separated at birth and adopted into different
environments, there are:
a.no similarities
b.only physical similarities
c.only broad personality trait similarities
d.sometimes a surprising number of similarities with regard to idiosyncratic behaviors
5) positive reappraisal involves consciously changing ones:
a.behaviors
b.emotional expressions
c.beliefs about events
d.personality
6) when can your sister expect her newborn child to begin to notice and respond to
peers?
a.immediately after birth
b.at 1 month
c.at 6 months
d.at 1 year
7) money is not a primary reinforcer because:
a.it is important only to adults
b.its value depends on how wealthy you are
c.it does not satisfy a biological need
d.using it as a reinforcer only teaches you to want more
8) if you want to know how far apart scores in a data set tend to be, you could use the:
a.mean
b.median
c.mode
d.standard deviation
9) a(n) _____ is a(n) _____ of a sequence of events.
a.procedure; outline
b.schema; script
c.script; schema
d.outline; procedure
10) skinners earliest work was conducted with rats in:
a.mazes
b.shoe boxes
c.cages
d.operant chambers