Paul was unable to correctly identify the right shade of blue his wife wanted at the paint store, so he purchased various hues and brought them home. Apparently the ability to detect the varieties of the different blues fell below Paul’s a. signal detection. b. absolute threshold. c. difference threshold. d. excitatory level. e. inhibitory level.

Which of the following is most clearly a biological influence on disordered drug use? a. Significant stress. b. Variations in neurotransmitter systems. c. An urban environment. d. Peer influence. e. A lack of purpose.

A police officer questions a child who was an eyewitness to a crime. The officer is most likely to get accurate information if she: a. first tells the child all about the crime the way she thinks it unfolded. b. uses neutral, age appropriate words and is the first to interview the child. c. uses neutral, age appropriate words and is the last to interview the child. d. uses suggestive techniques to get the story from the child. e. tells the child a story about a similar crime to get the child thinking about possibly similar details.

A babysitter cuts a sandwich into three equal pieces, then keeps two and gives one to the child she is caring for. The child is upset that this is unfair, so the babysitter divides the child's piece into two. Since each of them now has two pieces, the child is content. According to Jean Piaget, this is because the child lacks a. accommodation. b. assimilation. c. formal operational knowledge. d. sensorimotor ability. e. conservation.

The fire alarm has gone off so many times in their new school that Susannah and Tia don't even flinch anymore when they hear it. They even remained in the school library during a fire drill because they assumed it was another malfunction. Their failure to respond like they once did to the fire alarm shows the process of a. acquisition. b. discrimination. c. accommodation. d. extinction. e. assimilation.

The sound of a sizzling steak or the smell of a warm apple pie might make people want to eat those items. In the study of motivation, the sound and smell are considered to be a. incentives. b. arousal-inducing. c. drives. d. self-actualization needs. e. fixed-action patterns.

Which of the following is the best phrase for a bond of bust and mutual understanding be tween a therapist and client who are working to overcome the client's problem? a. Therapeutic alliance. b. EMDR. c. Evidence-based practice. d. Meta-analysis. e. Outcome research.

On the very first day of class, Mr. Boyarsky gave his students a test. When some complained, he responded that he wanted to know what their talents were, so he was giving them a test to predict what kind of skills they might learn best, and what kind of jobs they might like to do one day. Mr. Boyarsky's test was a. an aptitude test. b. an intelligence test. c. an achievement test. d. a personality test. e. a projective test.

Albert Bandura believed that children could learn not only by doing behaviors themselves, but also by watching models perform those behaviors. His ideas expanded the idea of learning to include a. observational learning. b. classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. latent learning. e. rote learning.

Becoming less self-conscious and less restrained, when in a group situation is referred to as a. social loafing. b. deindividuation. c. social facilitation. d. obedience. e cognitive dissonance.

When basketball star Michel Jordan graduated from collage as one of a small number of geography majors, the average starting salary for a geography major soared by several hundred thousand dollars. In a situation like this, where one unusual bit of data greatly inflates the average, it is important to use which measure of variation? a. Mean. b. Median. c. Range. d. Standard deviation. e. Mode.

Which of the following is an example of conformity? a. Malik has had a series of dogs over the years. Each has learned to curl up at his feet when he watches television. b. Renee buys the same brand of sweatshirt that most of the kids in her school are wearing. c. Jonah makes sure to arrive home before his curfew because he knows he will be grounded if he doesn't. d. Yuri makes sure to arrive home before her curfew because she does not want her parents to be disappointed in her. e. Terry cranks it up a notch during volleyball practice because the team captain has been on her case for not showing enough effort.

A therapist tells a CEO that the reason he yells and screams at his staff is due to behavior he learned as a child. When he was a child, he threw temper tantrums In order to get his way. What is the term for this defense mechanism? a. Regression. b. Reaction formation. c. Projection. d. Rationalization. e. Sublimation.

The developmental theories of Lev Vygotsky differed from those of Jean Piaget in that Vygotsky a. emphasized the role of social environment. b. thought that Piaget ignored psychosexual development of children. c. questioned Piaget's focus on adult development. d. focused more on moral development. e. thought that the spiritual, component of children's growth was essential.