Research on human mating preferences suggests that men place greater value on physical attractiveness and youthfulness, whereas women place greater value on social status and financial resources. Which of the following psychological points of view best explains this behavior?

Which of the following perspectives argues that every person has the potential to become self-actualized?

Martha is an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select in graduate school?

Researchers find that there is a significant, positive correlation between the number of hours students sleep and their grades. The researchers would be justified in concluding that

A researcher surveyed social adjustment in the same group of 20 people from early childhood through adulthood. In this example, the group of 20 people surveyed was the study’s

Synesthesia is a phenomena that has been estimated to occur in only a few people in a million. Because of its rarity, researchers are likely to choose which research method to study it?

Stanley Milgram’s classic research on obedience showed that approximately what percentage of participants administered the highest voltage shock?

Which of the following is true of the two sets of scores above?

An image projected to the left visual field of a split-brained person will be processed in the

What is the dependent variable in this study?

What is the independent variable in this study?

This research method is best characterized as

A teacher finds the distribution of scores on a final exam to be positively skewed with low variability. On the basis of this information, the teacher would be most justified in concluding that

Which procedure can reduce problems associated with the use of deception by a researcher?

An individual with damage to Wernicke’s area is most likely to have difficulty

Curare blocks action at acetylcholine synapses and causes paralysis. This drug is an example of an

Damage to the occipital lobe would most likely affect a person’s

Which of the following neurotransmitters has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia?

Damage to which of the following brain structures may cause the inability to detect the emotional significance of facial expressions, especially those demonstrating fear?

In which of the following techniques do researchers inject a harmless, radioactive substance into the living human brain to examine activity?

Jason is attending a parade that features the local high school band. Jason’s friend Brent plays the trombone in the band. It is difficult for Jason to hear Brent play at the parade.

Which of the following would best allow Jason to hear Brent’s trombone?

Gestalt psychology is concerned primarily with understanding which of the following?

In vision, transduction occurs within the

After staring at a green, black, and orange “American flag” for about a minute, an individual will see a red, white, and blue flag afterimage. Which of the following explains this phenomenon?

Which of the following is a binocular cue for depth perception?

People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their

Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following?

During the night, Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?

All summer Thomas hears the sound of the ice-cream truck approaching before his brother Oscar hears it. Thomas most likely has which of the following?

When a person is suffering from severe pain, the type of drug that will best help alleviate that pain is

Under hypnosis, Jerry is able to withstand pain without showing any outward signs of discomfort. However, when asked to signal if some part of his consciousness is aware of the pain, he raises his hand. Which of the following is a theory that best explains Jerry’s behavior?

Edward L. Thorndike argued that responses that lead to satisfying outcomes are more likely to be repeated, and that responses followed by unpleasant outcomes are less likely to be repeated. This became known as the law of

The principles of operant conditioning are best illustrated by

In phase one of a study, a researcher classically conditions a dog to salivate to the ringing of a bell. In the second phase, the researcher pairs a flashing light with the ringing of the bell. After several pairings of the light and the bell, the dog will

Which of the following statements best describes the role of biological processes in classical conditioning?

In a classic study, a group of rats learned to run through a maze to obtain food, and another group of rats explored the maze without receiving food. Some time later, the researcher compared the two groups of rats to determine if both groups would find the food at the end of the maze. According to the researcher, the untrained rats found the food at the end of the maze as quickly as the trained rats as a result of

A researcher is training laboratory rats to run a complex maze. Each time the rats learn a new part of the maze, they are rewarded with a pellet of food. Within a few hours, the rats have learned the entire maze. Which of the following did the researcher use to teach the rats the maze?

Students who enjoyed solving a puzzle were rewarded for doing so. Later, they played less with the puzzle than did their counterparts who were not rewarded for the same task. This illustrates which of the following principles?

Elizabeth picks up the clothes from her bedroom floor and puts them away to avoid her mother’s repeated nagging. Elizabeth’s behavior is being influenced by

A person eats a hamburger at a restaurant and develops a very bad stomachache after finishing eating. As a result of the sudden illness, the person cannot eat hamburgers anymore. Just thinking about them makes the person feel sick to the stomach. In this scenario, the thought of a hamburger is

When asked which of two countries has a larger population, participants are likely to judge the country that is more familiar to them as being more populous. Which of the following best explains this finding?

The psychoanalytic concept of repression suggests a difficulty in the functioning of which aspect of memory?

Which psychologist reported that infant attachment to another goes beyond the satisfaction of the need for nourishment?

When trying to solve a problem, Bret uses a logical, step-by-step formula called:

Chuck recalls the day last summer when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee. This is an example of:

Researcher Renee Baillargeon found that four-month-old infants will look longer at a ball if it appears to roll through a solid barrier, demonstrating that babies seem to grasp basic physical laws intuitively. Which of the following theories does this finding challenge?

A basic assumption underlying short-term memory is that it is:

Carol Gilligan, in her criticism of Lawrence Kohlberg, proposed that the moral reasoning of males is primarily based on:

If Juan tried to learn a long list of words, he would most likely forget the words that:

Of the following cognitive milestones which ability tends to be acquired last?

When parents set few controls on their children’s television viewing, allowing the children freedom to set individual limits, make few demands, and do not punish for improper television viewing, the parents exemplify a parenting style referred to as:

Brad hears a report on the evening news that diets low in carbohydrates are beneficial to one’s health. Considering this advice, he begins such a diet. Later he hears another report condemning low-carbohydrate diets as harmful to one’s health. Based upon research on belief perseverance, how would Brad respond to this new information

When the word “walk” is changed to “walked,” the suffix “ed” is an example of a

Charles Spearman’s concept of g is most accurately defined as

Which of the following studies demonstrates a cross-sectional research design?

Which of the following psychometric properties is used to assess the extent to which the items on an intelligence test measure a person’s intelligence?

The Psychology Aptitude Test (PAT) was administered to incoming college psychology majors. Their scores were later compared to their performance in the introductory psychology course, and high scores on the PAT were related to high grades in the course.

Therefore the PAT has:

Research on stereotype threat indicates that the students might not do as well as they can on a test if:

What is Ms. Chiang's horoscope?

What is Ms.Chiang's dog's name?

Which of the following is not one of the Seven Dwarfs in Snow White?