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General Psychology MCQs

1. According to john horn, _____ steadily declines from middle adulthood onward.

2. ____ refers to the degree of assistance provided to children in the zone of proximal development.

3. __________ parents are extremely strict, unresponsive, and expect obedience from their children.

4. A characteristic that first shows up in the formal operational stage is _______.

5. A(n) ______________________ is a section of dna containing a sequence of amines.

6. About _______ of late adolescents remain in foreclosure or diffusion identity statuses.

7. According to piaget, egocentrism is to conservation as the ________ stage is to the ________ stage.

8. According to piaget, it is not until _____ that we truly become representational thinkers.

9. According to wayne osgood (2009), all deviance can be explained on the basis of ____.

10. Actions in tertiary circular reactions are ____.

11. The calculation of the mean of a group of scores is the same as fechner's ____.

12. The ___________ records jewish interpretations of the _____________ which is their sacred text.

13. During emerging adulthood, all body systems _____.

14. The myers-briggs type indicator is considered a(n) ______ test.

15. Vygotsky's theory stresses the __________ of cognitive development.

16. Children who live in poverty perform worse on intelligence tests because they________.

17. A test that does not discriminate against the members of any minority group is termed a _____ test.

18. Absenteeism, drug and alcohol abuse, and disciplinary problems are examples of _____.

19. According to ____, animals have no soul and thus are automata.

20. Allport used _____ to conduct research on personality.

21. Critics have suggested that piaget underestimated _____.

22. Elder maltreatment is primarily carried out by _____.

23. Electroencephalographs (eegs) of individuals in stage n1 sleep are characterized by _____ waves.

24. For the behaviorist, personality is a set of learned responses or ________.

25. Hypnosis, daydreaming, and meditation are all examples of _____ states of consciousness.

26. Intrinsic is to ____ as extrinsic is to ____.

27. Like a key in a lock, the shape of the _____ must fit the _____ to affect the postsynaptic neuron.

28. Malcolm has just taken a position as an emergency room nurse. he is likely to notice _____.

29. One important difference between a mylinated and unmylinated axon is _____.

30. Psychologists use the term ________ to refer to human resilience under stress.

31. Purchasing state lottery tickets is reinforced with monetary winnings on a ________ schedule

32. Sleepwalking and sleep terrors are _____ that tend to occur in _____.

33. The _______ _______ reinforcement schedule results in "break and run" patterns if responding.

34. The best term to describe how the monocular depth cue of occlusion works would be ________.

35. The experience of a fugue state is indicative of a(n) ________ disorder.

36. The peak of synaptic overproduction in the _____ occurs at about the fourth postnatal month.

37. The perception of higher-pitched sounds is called ________ coding.

38. Watching the night sky for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on a ________ schedule.

39. With respect to parenting style, coercive is to confrontative as _____ is to _____.

40. Work-family conflict is a type of _____ stressor.

41. Pavlov was conducting research on _____ before he started researching associations.

42. Pavlov called reflexes present at birth __________ reflexes.

43. Teratogens can interfere with prenatal development and harm the unborn child by ____.

44. Karina loves oranges and apples. both are __________ for the category of __________.

45. Raspberries are examples of sounds made in the ___________ stage.

46. Brain scans reveal that different ________ are activated when we process verbs rather than nouns.

47. _____ is the appearance of multiple simultaneous psychological disorders in the same person.

48. A 65-year-old retina receives only about _____ as much light as its 20-year-old counterpart.

49. Amphetamines ________ appetite and ________ self-confidence.

50. Atypical neuroleptic medications work by affecting _____ in the brain.

51. Cocking your head would be most useful for detecting the ________ of a sound.

52. Explicit associations are typically ________, whereas implicit associations are often ________.

53. John b. watson is to edward titchener as ________ is to ________.

54. Meditation has been compared to _____, the relaxed sense that all is well.

55. The saclike structures found inside the synaptic knob containing chemicals are called ________.

56. The self-serving bias is to _____ as the self-effacing bias is to _____.

57. The unreliability of ________ led to the waning popularity of structuralism.

58. The epigenetic principle is a key component of ____ theory.

59. Random selection enhances ________ and random assignment enhances ________.

60. Wundt's focus was on ____, whereas titchener's was on ____.

61. It is believed that hebbian synapses may be critical for ____.

62. About ____ percent of male and female teenagers identify themselves as gay or lesbian.

63. Acknowledging that an experience is different from the sum of its elements is reflective of ____.

64. Artificial lighting affects sleep by breaking down ____.

65. Some researchers restrict the possibility of self-aware consciousness to species that ____.

66. The major disadvantage of a blood-brain barrier is that ____.

67. Today, adolescence has been redefined as a time of _____, rather than _____.

68. Stimulants ________ appetite and ________ self-confidence.

69. ________ is a system used for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data.

70. Nystagmus is ________.

71. A major study of 166 cultures found that the concept of romantic love existed ______.

72. Sildenafil (viagra) works by ____.

73. The meanings derived from words or sentences are collectively known as the ________ of language.

74. The first step in building a behavior chain is to do a ______.

75. Men experience a gradual decline in sperm count, _____, and speed of erection and ejaculation.

76. Mindful meditation encourages practitioners to __________.

77. The process of weighing, synthesizing, and evaluating evidence is called _____ thinking.

78. The requirements for a masters degree in psychology generally include __________.

79. Observer bias relates mainly to ________ whereas observer effects stem from ________.

80. The primary auditory cortex (a1) is organized in a _______ manner.

81. A(n) _______ eye movement rapidly changes fixation from one object or location to another.

82. The ____ pathway conducts signals from the front and sides of the tongue to the brain.

83. The _____ analogy is used to describe the relationship of neurotransmitters with receptor sites.

84. The maximum absorption for the long-wavelength cone pigment is at ____ nm.

85. The purpose of the comparator is to _______ eye movements.

86. The receptive fields of cortical s1 neurons are _____.

87. Richard plays video games for many hours each day. richard can expect to have lower _____.

88. Two- and three-word sentences that contain only the most necessary words are called _____.

89. When behavior is motivated by reinforcers in the environment, it is driven by _____ motivation.

90. A(n) _____________ is a group of people working together to accomplish a goal.

91. Freud suggested that conversion disorders were caused by _______.

92. Defense mechanisms are _____ strategies employed by the ego to reduce anxiety and avoid conflict.

93. As societies became larger, humans devised new cultural systems to ____.

94. When the court decides if the governments methods are fair, it is basing its decision on _____.

95. A code of ethics for psychologists helps to do all of the following except __________.

96. An implication of inclusive fitness theory on familial relations is that __________.

97. Homicide data reveal that men who are _________ and ___________ are most likely to commit homicide.

98. Functionalism emerged partly in response to the publication of ____.

99. The funeral service of michael jackson assumed a _________ quality.

100. As people approach the end of middle adulthood, they focus on _________ goals.

101. The terms ego and id, which do not precisely represent freud's ideas, are examples of ____.

102. Two types of monocular depth cues are __________ and __________.

103. Gibson emphasized studying _____.

104. The social-cognitive perspective has linked the experience of depression with _____.

105. An alternative method to using a random assignment, is ____________________________

106. Research has indicated that rats become more vulnerable to ulcers when exposed to ________ shocks.

107. ________ have over 85% of the l,669 federally designated mental health professional shortage areas.

108. Along each strip of somatosensory cortex, different sub-areas respond to ____.

109. In __________ tolerance, tolerance to one drug may extend to other closely related drugs.

110. Someone with prosopagnosia has difficulty with ____.

111. When _____________ is low, customers are likely to abandon your product if you raise prices?

112. The sq3r study method emphasizes the importance of _____ information.

113. The greater the _________, the larger the zone of proximal development.

114. When people describe themselves in personal ads, women often offer _______ and seek _______.

115. The focusing of mental resources on select information is called _____.

116. The millennial generation will bring a high degree of ____ into the workforce.

117. The onset of ________ typically begins with a weight-loss diet.

118. Women are more likely to be diagnosed with ________________ and men with __________________.

119. _____ antagonists have been used to treat obesity in humans.

120. _____ are stimulant drugs that people use to boost energy, stay awake, or lose weight.

121. _____ includes knowing about oneself and thoughts about ones experiences.

122. _____ involves denying that you are ill or are facing other obvious stresses.

123. _____ involves the manipulation of genes using technology to determine their effect on behavior.

124. _____ is a feature of wave patterns that allows us to distinguish between loud and soft sounds.

125. _____ is an eating disorder defined by self-imposed restrictions on calorie intake.

126. _____ may help us to generalize, whereas _____ may help us accomplish a goal.

127. ______ is a synthesized form of the derivative of the grain fungus ergot.

128. ________ are goals framed in terms of positive experiences that you seek directly.

129. ________ did research about the inconsistencies between thought and action.

130. ________ is exemplified by stroking the hand of another person.

131. ________ is thought to be an advantage associated with the development of color vision in primates.

132. ________ speculated that thinking operates as a form of internal speech.

133. __________ are systematic and predictable mistakes that influence judgment and decision making.

134. A ballistic movement ____.

135. A major advantage provided by emotion is ____.

136. A person high in ____________ might try skydiving or bungee jumping.

137. A persons ________ rate is the amount of energy she expends in a given period of time.

138. About _____ percent of all emerging u.s. adults are within the normal range for body weight.

139. About one in ____ adolescent american girls becomes pregnant each year.

140. According to ________, certain movements can stimulate emotions.

141. According to _____, altruistic behavior is guided by calculations of costs and benefits.

142. According to abraham maslow, ________ is the need to find meaning and identity beyond the self.

143. According to freud, the deepest level of a persons consciousness will __________.

144. According to maslow, adults must achieve _________ before moving on to __________.

145. According to piaget's cognitive development theory, the _____ stage occurs during infancy.

146. According to research by _____________, one reason we feel hungry is because of stomach pangs.

147. According to research, the need for ________ encourages adam to engage politely with his coworkers.

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

149. According to sternberg, ______ is the difference between liking someone and loving that person.

150. According to the ____ law, a neuron fires an action potential at only one level of intensity.

151. According to the "motherhood mandate," ______.

152. According to the dsm-5, in order for adhd to be diagnosed _____.

153. According to the self-determination theory, _____ is the need to produce desired outcomes.

154. According to the text, ______ allow social life to proceed with safety, order, and predictability.

155. According to the text, nonverbal flirting behavior may _____.

156. According to the textbook, psychology as a discipline has ____.

157. According to the yerkesdodson law, ____ (yerkes & dodson, 1908).

158. According to watson, the elements of behavior are ____.

159. According to your text, humans possess more than ____ types of olfactory receptors.

160. According to your text, personality is each of the following except ________.

161. Adolescents' use of the internet to write to the dead person or to vent their grief is _____.

162. Adults with a history of __________ adversity exposure report __________.

163. Aging men tend to talk about their bodies ____________ while women speak of ____________.

164. Alan neuringer demonstrated that with reinforcement, _____ could learn to behave randomly.

165. Aldosterone secretion is regulated by the presence of ________ in the circulation.

166. All of the following are considered forms of "death education" except __________.

167. All of the following are decision points in helping behavior except ____________.

168. All of the following are phenomena that break traditional rules of conditioning except __________.

169. All of the following except __________ is considered one of the four basic aspects of temperament.

170. All of the following have been identified as problems with diagnosing adhd except that it _____.

171. All of watsons methods are based on the concept of ____.

172. Along with the basal ganglia, the ________ enables nonverbal learning and skill memory.

173. Alzheimer's leads to the accumulation of ____ in the brain.

174. American children perform more poorly in _____ than students in some other countries.

175. An "environmental factor" accounting for the racial differences in iq scores would focus on ____.

176. An effective drug prevention program on a college campus should emphasize __________.

177. An ethical psychologist will __________.

178. An evolutionary psychologist is most likely to endorse the _____ theory of helping behavior.

179. An evolutionary psychologist would be most interested in the question of ____.

180. An individual who believes that success is largely a matter of luck has an _____ locus of control.

181. Anabolic steroid drugs are patterned after __________.

182. Animals produce endogenous circadian rhythms that last ____.

183. Another term used to describe a conversational narcissist is _____ communicator.

184. Applause is a secondary reinforcer because __________.

185. As secondary schools spread, they generally took the form of _____ academies.

186. At conception, your ________ is/are fixed.

187. Based on the triangular theory of love, _____ create(s) the concept of empty love.

188. Based on your reading of the text, _____ may play a role in sudden infant death syndrome (sids).

189. Basketball, football, baseball, and soccer all fit into the _____ of sports.

190. Because of their activity level, __________ are more likely to be injured than __________.

191. Beck believes that _____ are among the most important thinking patterns that lead to depression.

192. Belle has bulimia and amanda has anorexia. outcome studies suggest that ____.

193. Body language is directly related to the ____ component of emotion.

194. Both mdma (or ecstasy) and pcp have recently been reclassified as ________ hallucinogenic drugs.

195. Brain imaging studies support the conclusion that meditation _____

196. By _______ the medulla in rats, scientists were able to cause a cessation in breathing.

197. By age five, most children _____.

198. By best estimates, spoken human language emerged _____ years ago.

199. By the age of 5 years, the average child has a vocabulary of about _____ words.

200. Calvin hall found that most dreams are about ________.

201. Careful formulation of a problem may help to avoid distractions from ____.

202. Cause and effect conclusions can be drawn from _____ studies.

203. Certain forms of depression are related to lowered levels of _____.

204. Children are most likely to pattern their own behavior based on the ____ of their parents.

205. Chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas have a part of the brain that is ____.

206. Chronic use of _____ can produce lasting damage to serotonin-releasing neurotransmitters.

207. Compared to typical readers, readers with dyslexia showed ____.

208. Continuity is the tendency ________.

209. Corporate psychopaths score very high on measures of selfishness, callousness, and ____.

210. Deindividuation is related to mobs in the same way that _______ is related to groups.

211. Discrimination in home loans and health care indicates __________ discrimination.

212. Displaced aggression is most likely to occur when the target _______ to the instigator.

213. Extinction occurs when the ________ no longer produces the ________.

214. For james, the "conditions" of mental life are the influences of ____.

215. Gardner and his associates are known for proposing the ________.

216. Horney felt that when women experience penis envy, it symbolizes their ________.

217. Identical twins' brains seem to be virtually the same in areas associated with _____ intelligence.

218. If a rat receives a shock each time it presses a lever, but not otherwise, we can say that _______.

219. If speed were of the essence, a computer is the best choice for making simple _____ for us.

220. If you run a marathon, your body will release _____ to elevate your mood and reduce your pain.

221. In ________, learning occurs when two types of events are paired closely in time.

222. Late in life, __________ factors show greater decrements than __________ factors.

223. Lilies, roses, tulips, and daisies all fit into the ________ of flower.

224. Loss of working memory is particularly likely to affect the ability to _____.

225. Morphine, heroin, and methadone ________.

226. Older adults show a much more pronounced decline in _____ memory than in _____ memory.

227. One hundred years ago, most people died _____, while today they most often die in a hospital.

228. One key to the use of exercise in aiding good sleep is that __________.

229. One of the first criminal justice scholars to study media contagion was _____.

230. One of the psychological theories about theatre claims that laughter comes from ___.

231. Rescorla and wagner introduced a(n) _____ component to classical conditioning.

232. Research on happiness suggests that ____ are more important than ____.

233. Researchers reported a _______ correlation between persistence and self-efficacy.

234. Right after a car accident, __________ is (are) released to act as a temporary pain killer.

235. Romanian children raised in orphanages demonstrated _____ when shown pictures of emotional faces.

236. Sensory reduction refers to the process of _____.

237. Short-wavelength light produces ______ colors, whereas long-wavelength light produces _____ colors.

238. Some evidence exists suggesting that rewards may __________ intrinsic motivation.

239. Some social scientists believe that _____ terms exaggerate minor differences between people.

240. Somesthetic senses involve all of the following except ________.

241. Spearman theorized that underlying all mental abilities lay the ________, or ________ intelligence.

242. Standards for building living space for non-human animal research subjects _____________.

243. Steroid hormones produce their effects by ____.

244. Stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogenics are all types of __________ drugs.

245. Stress has been shown to put people at a higher risk for ________.

246. Synaptic pruning refers to the _____ that helps strengthen connection between neurons.

247. Taking away something that hurts or bothers someone is called _____ reinforcement.

248. Tests of ______ ability might contain measures of finger dexterity and manual dexterity aptitudes.

249. The _____ illusion was used in the lord of the rings to make actors appear hobbit sized.

250. The _____ is to the limbic system as an alarm is to a building.

251. The _____ maps patterns of blood flow, oxygen use, and glucose consumption in the brain.

252. The _____ of an emotion refers to whether it feels pleasant or unpleasant.

253. The ______ is the shortest segment of speech that, if changed, changes the meaning of the word.

254. The ________ is the central region of the neuron that manufactures new cell components.

255. The ________ perspective argues that other people have a large influence on our own behaviors.

256. The ________ quickly assesses danger or threat.

257. The ________ seeks to find a resolution between the competing demands of the ________.

258. The ________ sense allows us to orient our body with respect to gravity.

259. The 'lost in space' program at semco could be considered ______.

260. The "hidden observer" theory of hypnosis emphasizes the role of _____ in hypnosis.

261. The "pessimistic explanatory style" is defined as making _____ attributions for negative events.

262. The abc model is a feature of _____ therapy, developed by _____.

263. The ability to _____ is a better predictor of school grades than is _____.

264. The ability to generate several thoughts in rapid succession is most specifically related to _____.

265. The ability to rebound from adversity and go on to lead a better life is called _____.

266. The acceptance of positive stereotypes regarding gender can lead to ________.

267. The acknowledgment of the objective fact that one has experienced a death is called __________

268. The activationsynthesis theory of dreaming provides a _____ explanation for why people dream.

269. The actual act of stealing a car provides a good example of the _____ component of morality.

270. The aida model is tailor-made for the ___________ approach.

271. The alternating tones of a car alarm are a means to prevent ________.

272. The animal researcher _____ conducted classic studies of imprinting among goslings.

273. The area that is activated by feeling disgusted is the same area of the brain responsible for ____.

274. The aspect of color that corresponds to names such as red, green, and blue is ________.

275. The hippocampus is crucial for memories involving ____.

276. The idea that alcoholism is a disease originated in a treatise by __________.

277. The most commonly diagnosed learning disorder is _____.

278. The most efficient way to condition a new response is _____

279. The myelin sheath is a _____.

280. The only skin sense that has identifiable sensory receptors is __________.

281. The only way we can be confident in the correctness of a theory is _______________________

282. The social readjustment rating scale is intended to _____

283. The sounds t, th, and sh are ______.

284. The stanford prison study demonstrates how a person's ________ affect(s) behavior.

285. The strongest proponents of the human unconscious mind's role in personality are _____.

286. The swiss scholar jean piaget made groundbreaking contributions to the study of _____ development.

287. The taste of food and relief from a headache are both ________ reinforcers.

288. The type c behavior pattern is strongly associated with ________.

289. The typical first-grader would begin school with a vocabulary of around ____ words.

290. The use of barbiturates ________ anxiety and ________ nervous system activity.

291. The willingness of humans to engage in mating behavior is _________.

292. The word correlation is often used as a synonym for _____

293. The work ethic, self-identity, and self-fulfillment are all examples of ______ motives for working.

294. Theories allow psychologists to make __________, such as a clients chance of recovery.

295. This video demonstrates how a bird utilizes a ____________ to retrieve _____________.

296. Three conditions must be met for punishment to have any observable effects on behavior: ____.

297. Throughout elementary and secondary school, __________ predicts academic success.

298. Today, most people who call themselves psychologists are in the _____ subfield of psychology.

299. Today's positive psychology is grounded in an earlier view called the _____ perspective.

300. Two problems with romantic love are that it _____.

301. Two-year-old miguel's sentences"dad come," "mom laugh," and "truck gone"are examples of _____.

302. Typically long pauses in responding are found in _____ schedules.

303. Up to age 95, the incidence of mental disintegration doubles every ___ years.

304. Ursula is in the second stage of labor. she can expect __________ during this stage.

305. Vagueness, digressions, and odd ideas are key symptoms in ____

306. Watson and skinner believed that ____.

307. When a baby searches for an object hidden under a blanket, he or she is displaying signs of _____.

308. When a choice concerns matters of personal value or taste, _____ communicators have more influence.

309. When a death occurs, ____ traditionally cover the mirrors in the house.

310. When a person is awake and relaxed with their eyes closed an eeg will produce _____ waves.

311. When given _____, rats become ravenously hungry.

312. When we are awake and alert, we are usually conscious of ________ around us.

313. Whether a group's final decision is risky or conservative depends on _____.

314. Within the limbic system, emotions are controlled by the _____ and _____.

315. Without _____ most information would not be stored but would be lost.

316. Clinicians diagnose the presence of insomnia disorder using the ________ in the dsm-5.

317. For bandura, the agent who controls the ____ controls behavior.

318. Scientists have ______ between autism and childhood vaccines.

319. Traditionally, many have made the analogy that the left brain is to the right brain as ________.

320. The historical treatment of freud's impact upon psychology is still incomplete because ____.

321. The idea that science should be based totally on objectively observable facts is called ____.

322. More college students than in past generations __________.

323. Anna freud's pioneering work was ____.

324. ____________ statutes determine and govern professional practice.

325. In a crowd of faces, researchers have found that people are quickest to detect a(n) _____ face.

326. A criticism of sociocultural theory is that it does not give enough weight to __________.

327. A nonprofit organization that uses donated money to help others is called a ________.

328. A company that uses an organizational structure based on _____ uses functional groupings.

329. Women are ______ men to be violent in their intimate relationships.

330. Gary priest used __________ procedures to permit medical care of an aggressive bull elephant.

331. When a neuron carries the electrical potential of _____ millivolts, it is in the state called _____

332. __________ allow people to smell different aromas and taste sweet, salty, and sour foods.

333. The inconsistency of behaviors also makes personality test scores _____ predictors of behaviors.

334. Therapies defined as talk therapies include ___________.

335. A person is most likely to conform if he or she is from ______ culture and is ______ with the task.

336. The __________ perspective believes that certain behavior patterns have a hereditary basis.

337. The textbook defines "outercourse" as __________.

338. Contrary to vision and audition, odor _______ is not possible in olfaction.

339. _______________ refers to the extent to which differences among people are attributed to genes.

340. Abby was a victim of rape. if her situation was like most rapes, this was committed by ________.

341. _____ usually refers to teaching lower-level employees how to perform their present jobs.

342. ________ emotions are emotions that people actually experience, despite what they might display.

343. A mass media effects researcher might choose an experiment approach if he or she has ______.

344. A person gains social capital by ________.

345. A relatively stable and enduring tendency to behave in a particular way is called a(n) ____.

346. A statement that delineates employees' rights and responsibilities is __________.

347. Children living in ____ are at higher risk of developing lead poisoning.

348. Choose all that apply: unlike science, pseudosciences ____________-

349. Commitment stories in a study of adult generativity is an example of _____________________

350. Feedback works best when it is given in _____ amounts and ______ feedback is provided.

351. Finish the sentence: observational method is best used to ______________________________________.

352. Freud considered _____ to be the most important motivator of all human activity.

353. Generativity, mentioned in chapter 4, can be an example of ____________________________.

354. Genuineness, acceptance, and empathy are to _____ as water, sun, and nutrients are to _____.

355. Gordon allport believed that healthy, well-adjusted individuals _____.

356. Females are at greater risk for developing ______________ disorders.

357. Conducting a _______ analysis is the first step in developing an employee training system.

358. A(n) ________ selection device shows a clear link between test performance and job performance.

359. Labor unions use ________ to protect the rights of their members.

360. Main effects compare _______ means and interaction effects compare _________ means.

361. Maltreated children may have the hardest time adapting to stress when they are deprived of ____.

362. Mcclelland's need for achievement corresponds most closely to _____.

363. Men in the padilla et al. (2008) study __________.

364. Michael grew up in an individualistic culture. he is most likely to ____.

365. Mobs can lead to _____________.

366. More teaching and coaching opportunities have increased because _____.

367. Most serial killers are _____ males of _____ intelligence.

368. Mnsterberg was best known ____.

369. Nietzsche argued that the most honorable response to the dilemmas of existence is to ________.

370. Non-psychoanalytic researchers sometimes use the term ________ to refer to the unconscious.

371. Often a symptom can have multiple causes. this is known as _____.

372. Older workers tend to resist change more than younger workers because they ________.

373. On average, retired adults return to the labor force _____ year(s) after retirement.

374. One feels antagonism toward a(n) __________.

375. One of the most important adaptive problems for the altruist is __________.

376. The field of behavioral genetics studies the relative effects of _____ on behavior and ability.

377. The goal of work groups is ________.

378. The greater the ________ of a purchase, the higher the consumer's level of involvement will be.

379. The home keys on the numeric keypad are _____.

380. The humanistic approach emphasizes __________ in development and behavior

381. The humanistic view of personality assumes that the ultimate goal of individuals is ____.

382. The interpersonal influences on consumer behavior include a persons _____.

383. The job characteristics model (jcm) maintains that ________ is critical to motivating workers.

384. The large number of trait terms in the english language indicates that ________.

385. The larger pool of subjects from which a study group is chosen is called the __________.

386. The leader who says, "do this or you're fired" is exercising ________ power.

387. The main advantage of naturalistic observation is that it _____.

388. The mental processes underlying childrens capacity for self-regulation are called ____.

389. The more _____ in a test, the smaller the variability of scores in the test.

390. The most common type of specific learning disorder is _____.

391. The most commonly used personality inventory is the _____________.

392. The most important actors in the company's microenvironment are __________.

393. The most widely used and researched empirically keyed self-report personality test is the _____.

394. The nature of social capital means that, figuratively, social capital equals ________.

395. The no child left behind act is an example of a(n) __________.

396. The opposite pole of the thinking dimension of the myers-briggs type indicator is _____

397. The polygraph may be used as a _____ tactic to evoke _____.

398. The prediction of individual behavior tends to be stronger with the _____.

399. The process of subjectively evaluating the quality of an employee's work is known as _____.

400. The relationship between forensic psychologists and their patients is often described as _____.

401. The scaling question is to _____ as the detection question is to _____.

402. When sophie hums a mcdonald's jingle, it is an example of ________.

403. When using ________, a consumer exerts little effort in making a purchase decision.

404. When you make a downward comparison, it will typically ________ self-esteem.

405. The phi phenomenon demonstrates that illusions can be influenced by __________.

406. According to _____, conditions of worth hamper a person's self-development.

407. According to carl jung, the ____________ is the dark and morally objectionable part of oneself.

408. According to most current theories, patterns of priming typically originate in ________.

409. According to the _____, attitudes possess three components: affect, behavior, and cognitions.

410. According to the textbook, there are no perfect ________ of personality, only ________.

411. Adopted children are especially likely to have similar ________ if raised in the same home.

412. Adoptive parents are most likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children.

413. Affect describes _______________.

414. All of these are revenue models for social media except ________.

415. An explanation for behavior must be __________ and __________ to be considered a scientific theory.

416. Annie is a type a individual. she is likely to display _____ behavior.

417. Applications, rsums, interviews, and employment tests are known as ______ tools.

418. As people age, _____ factors seem to become more apparent on intelligence scores.

419. At xerox, the correlation between ___________ and ___________ is apparent.

420. Basic human emotional expressions are __________ across cultures.

421. Being a high school dropout increases the likelihood of ______ during emerging adulthood.

422. Bessel began the study of individual differences in perception by noting that ____.

423. Big five theory is a trait theory that identifies five main characteristics that account for ____.

424. Binge drinking among college students can be described as a(n) _____.

425. Bossong found that men were __________.

426. Buying attitudes and preferences are __________.

427. Carbonated drinks loaded with sugar and having little nutritional value are examples of _____.

428. Cardinal traits are _____, whereas central traits are _____

429. Careers often create a _____ for single parents.

430. Carl rogers described a person as psychologically well adjusted if he or she ___________.

431. Cattell used __________ to organize adjectives into trait-categories.

432. Howard gardner has proposed ________ as a ninth type of intelligence.

433. Identification with the same-sex parent occurs during the _____ stage of psychosexual development.

434. Impulsive behavior and poor decisions are common symptoms of ____.

435. In a cumulative record, learning is indicated by a change in response _______.

436. Self-cannibalization is most likely to happen in _____ structures.

437. Starke hathaway is to _____________ as alfred binet is to _____________.

438. Studies of twins may overestimate the contributions of heredity because twins also ______.

439. Teamwork and empowerment contribute to high performance when they improve _____.

440. The statement i really like my new tablet computer best reflects the _____ component of attitude.

441. The wais consists of separate ________ subtests.

442. To raise money for schools, colonial towns and districts assessed a(n) _____ tax.

443. As an employee's age increases, his or her _____.

444. _____ is a change in a person's thought processes caused by prior experience.

445. _____ is a favorable attitude toward and consistent purchase of a single brand over time.

446. _____ is a statistical approach that identifies groups of items that are similar to each other.

447. _____ is an in-depth, intensive investigation of an individual or small group of people.

448. _____ is considered to be a specific type of autism spectrum disorder.

449. _____ is probably the result of the human evolutionary history of living in social groups.

450. _____ is the controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input.

451. _____ means being accepted, valued, and treated supportively regardless of ones behavior.

452. _____ measures almost imperceptible changes in the heat of the human face.

453. _____ occur when consumers feel that making the wrong decision might cause some concern or anxiety.

454. _____ pertains to what a consumers full potential is and the need to realize that potential.

455. _____ provides unqualified caring and nonjudgmental acceptance of another.

456. ________ means to work with a subordinate, doing part of the work if necessary.

457. _________ see personality as nothing more than a set of learned responses.

458. __________ is learned from culture and may be considered a cultural variable.

459. ___________ studies how much of an individuals personality is inherited.

460. ________________ commonly involves sites like twitter and facebook to collaborate with customers.

461. _________________ and _______________ are features of groups that make them seem more cohesive.

462. "hunger is defined as 24 hours of food deprivation." this is an example of a(n) _______ definition.

463. Losing face is a primary danger in a(n) ________ culture.

464. A _____ trait is a single characteristic that directs most of a person's activities.

465. A consumer purchase decision made with a great deal of consumer effort is a type of ________.

466. A critical measure of the efficacy of the advertising revenue model is the ___________.

467. A good judge of personality seems to be high in ________.

468. ________ is not a proper role for an applied anthropologist.

469. A __________ awards pay increases in proportion to performance contributions.

470. __________ and __________ make up the full scale iq score on the wechsler intelligence scale.

471. "cody has retired on the job" is an expression used to describe ________.

472. Consistency of individual differences in personality ________ over the life span.

473. A placebo is intended to minimize _____ expectations; a double-blind procedure minimizes _____.

474. A rapid increase in the appointment of corporate ethics officers typically follows ____.

475. A seemingly valid criticism of psychoanalysis is that it _____.

476. According to _____ theory, norms that restrict sex to marriage encourage the formation of families.

477. Classical conditioning focuses on ________________ behavior.

478. Getting ______ hours of sleep can add up to 11 years on to your life:

479. Mr. chiu was in muji city for a _____

480. Sixdegrees.com was one of the first sites to combine the use of profiles with _____ in one service.

481. The ______________ model assumes that a media message affects most consumers in the same way.

482. The purpose of kings letter is to cause __________________ to fight ________________________.

483. The reviewer of a book review must _____.

484. Research based on twins shows that genes account for about ______ of the variance in personality.

485. Research findings indicate that one result of rogerian psychotherapy may be that ________.

486. Researchers must use clues to personality in their research because________.

487. Rules for behavior in social settings, which are usually unwritten or unspoken, are called ____.

488. Scholars argue that it may be more productive to focus on _____ rather than on predicting _____.

489. Stereotypes and prejudice are examples of the useful process of __________ becoming harmful.

490. Suggestive questions can best be described as _____ leading questions _____.

491. Temperamental factors have a more powerful influence on ____________.

492. The ____ approach assumes that events are governed by some lawful order.

493. The _____ illustrates how attitudes are changed based on differing levels of consumer involvement.

494. The _____ is concerned with immediate gratification and the avoidance of discomfort.

495. Treatment of childhood disorders can be difficult because _____.

496. True score and measurement error are two important components of a(n) _____.

497. Unlike non-humans, we accumulate knowledge successfully through __________________________.

498. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.

499. Weber suggested that discrimination among sensations depended on ____.

500. What is usually called jury _____ is actually a process of _____.

501. When firms fail to realize how their products provide value, they are most likely to develop _____.

502. When group discussion strengthens members' initial inclinations we say that _____ has occurred.

503. Until the work of ____, experimentation was not the preferred method in physiology.

504. The _____ restricts mandatory retirement and especially benefits older employees.

505. The primary purpose of let steeping dogs lie is to _____.

506. To be effective, punishment must be __________ and _________.

507. Traditional antipsychotics appear to _____.

508. T ______ de miami.

509. Turnout in presidential elections is __________ when compared to midterm elections.

510. ____ of students do not use marijuana.

511. ________ is the tendency to falsely attribute human qualities to nonhuman beings.

512. __________ and his compatriots designed furniture, stained glass, tiles, wallpaper, and fabrics.

513. __________ are the most frequently reported types of elder abuse.

514. __________ legitimizes and empowers a society's elites.

515. ______________ are central to an organization and provide directions for action.

516. ______________ is an essential element of the balinese rhythmic system.

517. ________are often referred to as the "invisible minority."

518. _______, such as racial epithets, attack individuals, whereas _______ demeans a group.

519. A ____________ is a more recent type of ink pen that produces a fine, even line.

520. A leader focused on tasks, on keeping the group moving toward its goals, is a(n) _____ leader.

521. Andy warhol used commercial processes to create many of his works because ________.

522. If someone was confined to a "medicinal straitjacket," they would probably be ________.

523. Research indicates that alcoholism is caused by _____.

524. Sleepwalking and sleep talking both occur during _____ of sleep.

525. Social isolation peaks in _____ and late adulthood.

526. Summaries, paraphrases, and quotations are especially useful for __________.

527. The _____ division also directs the body to store energy for use in emergencies.

528. The _______ phase of goal pursuit fosters actions that _______ immediate goal-oriented actions.

529. The least amount of sovereignty that must be surrendered to a trading bloc occurs in a ________.

530. The major cementing factor(s) in maintaining a long-term relationship is (are) _____.

531. When claims are presented to you, _________ them by asking key questions.

532. The physiological process of decoding sounds is the definition of _______________.

533. According to evolutionary theory, people _____.

534. Freud is to ego, id, and superego as ___________ is to parent, adult, and child.

535. The theory of multiple intelligences is based on the premise that human intelligence __________.

536. Positive ____ come out of the page toward users, while negative values recede away from users.

537. Oregon's law regarding assisted suicide requires the _____.

538. It is important to _____ throughout the entire goal-setting process.

539. Opportunities available to individuals desiring to pursue a therapy-related career are _____.

540. Interactions allow researchers to examine _________ variables.

541. The difference between the images projected onto each eye is referred to as ____.

542. Particularly with women, many stis are ________.

543. The command "because i say so," is most likely to be used by ______ parents.

544. It is advisable to use the ________ principle in creating your weekly fitness routine.

545. The degree to which a study allows unambiguous causal inferences has ________.

546. In jungian psychology, the ego is to consciousness as the _______ is to the whole personality.

547. In terms of frequency, it is noted in the text that fewer than _____ of murderers are executed.

548. The concept of the looking-glass self suggests that we __________.

549. The depth cue that is responsible for perceiving depth in 3-d movies is _____.

550. In contemporary western society, both sexes find ______ attractive.

551. In groupthink, group members emphasize ______ over thoughtful consideration of the issues.

552. In neural communication, ______ is to key as ______ is to lock.

553. In the depth cue of ________, distant objects appear to be fuzzy.

554. In the statement "critical thinking requires reasoned judgments," the word reasoned means ________.

555. In watsons research with little albert, the rat began as the _____ and became the _____.

556. In young's double slit experiment, the bright spots correspond to ______

557. Individual differences in emotional intelligence are most predictive of ____.

558. Infants generally begin to laugh out loud at about the _____ month of life.

559. Information learned while a person is ________ is best recalled when that person is ________.

560. Interdependence is to ________ as independence is to ________.

561. It has been estimated that _____ presidents endured a psychological disorder.

562. It has been said that ______ is the achilles' heel of our justice system.

563. It is the job of the _______ to keep teratogens from reaching the fetus.

564. It takes the ovum _____ hours to travel to the uterus.

565. Jane goodall studied chimpanzees by means of the __________ method.

566. Julian rotter reflects the transition from _____ to _____ theories of personality.

567. The effect of negative emotions on memory ____.

568. The best method parents can use to get their children to do their chores is to _____.

569. Patients who undergo surgery require less anesthetic when _______ is used.

570. People who are physically attractive are viewed as ____ than less attractive people.

571. People who carry a gene that boosts the availability of ________ are less bothered by pain.

572. Physical dependence occurs when a person needs to use a drug to prevent _____.

573. Plato suggested that the soul operates on three levels: __________.

574. Post-reinforcement pauses are now often referred to as _________.

575. Premarital sex has ____________ over the last century.

576. Problem behavior in children can usually be dealt with effectively through ___________.

577. Prolonged stress has been shown to ________ cancer.

578. Proximity is a key factor in attraction, which means that two people need to be _____.

579. Prozac has an advantage over other antidepressants in that __________.

580. Psychology became an independent discipline during the ____.

581. Psychology is a social science discipline. psychologists scientifically study ________.

582. Psychotic symptoms similar to those found in schizophrenia can also occur with the use of _____.

583. Public health experts prefer the term _____ to accident prevention.

584. Public subsidy for tuition payment at a private school is referred to as a _____.

585. Rats most easily learn to associate ________ with becoming sick

586. Rats that have a damaged _________ will show no fear when placed next to a cat.

587. Raymond cattell made a basic distinction between _____ and _____ traits.

588. Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality defines _____.

589. Receiving money as a reward and having a monetary fine suspended are both ________ reinforcers.

590. Recent research focusing on morning people (larks) and night people (owls) suggests that ________.

591. Recent research revealed that _____ parenting was linked to lower adolescent alcohol consumption.

592. Recent studies have shown that cognitive differences between boys and girls ________.

593. Receptor cells for our sense of ________ reproduce themselves every week or two.

594. Reciprocal altruism is likely to flourish in situations ____.

595. Reduced response to one taste after exposure to another is referred to as ____.

596. Relapse-prevention training is a form of _____ therapy.

597. Rem behavior disorder most commonly occurs ________.

598. Rem sleep makes up nearly ___ percent of an infants total sleep.

599. Remembering how to ice skate is most likely an example of ________ memory.

600. Remembering where you went on vacation last summer is an example of _____ memory.

601. Replication increases scientific confidence in a theory if the _____.

602. In addition to introspection, another criticism of titchener's system was its ____.

603. In all of its forms, meditation suppresses activity of the ________ system.

604. In bandura's study of observational learning, the abbreviation amid stands for ________.

605. One reason why display rules differ across cultures is because ___________.

606. Our ability to breathe is controlled by the ________ which is located within the ________.

607. Our physiological state during rem sleep consists of ____.

608. The attributes of a _____ sample mirror those of the population of interest.

609. The atypical antipsychotic clozapine produces a(n) ________ activity within the ________.

610. The average adult in middle adulthood __________ height and __________ weight.

611. The average age at which each motor milestone is met ____.

612. The behavior of an infant in sensorimotor stage four might best be described as _____.

613. The case of john/joan best demonstrated that _____.

614. The case of little albert provides insight into ____ through ____.

615. The cerebral cortex plays a major role in our emotions because it _____.

616. The classical illness behaviors such as fever, sleepiness, and lack of appetite are caused by ____.

617. The cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs make up the _____ ear.

618. The critical factor in attaining the age of viability is _____.

619. The earliest experiments on observational learning were performed by ______.

620. The best motto for the timing of reinforcement or punishment is _____.

621. Prefixes such as un-, pre-, and re- are examples of _____.

622. Outward signs of emotion tend to _____ in different cultures.

623. The cognitive perspective views ________ as key factors in mental disorder.

624. The big five personality factor ______ is related to how trustworthy a person might be.

625. The binet-simon scale was originally developed to __________.

626. Paul costa and robert mccrae are known for their work on _____

627. Paychecks, fringe benefits, and security in old age all represent ______ motives for working.

628. People are especially likely to demonstrate an increase in ________ during their twenties.

629. People with more negative emotions tend to have higher _____________ and are introverted.

630. Personality disorders generally ________ across the life span.

631. Positive self-talk can be helpful because __________.

632. One possible interpretation of the basic phenomenological philosophy is that ________.

633. One shortcoming with the trait theory is its insistence that ____.

634. One would expect to find more social loafing in a team with ____________________.

635. Organizations prefer to minimize turnover because ____________________.

636. People with schizophrenia have lower than normal overall activity in the ____.

637. In contrast to _____, _____ is more a reflection of the culture in which a person is raised.

638. In general, the longer the test, the higher its _______.

639. In the adoption process, awareness is __________.

640. In the context of product categorization, honda accord, a sedan, is an example of a(n) _____.

641. In the context of regulatory focus theory, a promotion focus shares similarity with _____.

642. In the job characteristics model, task significance refers to the degree to which a job ________.

643. In ajzens theory of planned behavior, ___________ is (are) the key link between _________

644. In between-group experiments, researchers often use ____ to make the two groups be equivalent.

645. Individuals in a negative mood are better able to _________________ than those in a positive mood.

646. The classical theory of motivation suggests that _____ is the sole motivator for workers.

647. Pietro martinis print the salon, of 1785, shows how the paintings were displayed ________.

648. One way to determine which details to include in your comparison-and-contrast essay is to_____.

649. Individuals who are ________ will not be successful in the new career paradigm

650. The definition of aggravated murder _____ across jurisdictions. quizlet

651. Inductive arguments should not be characterized as __________.

652. James madison warns against interest groups in federalist no. ____.

653. John repeatedly portrays jesus as _______________ old testament festivals.

654. The different periods in freuds theory of the developing personality are called ____.

655. The discovery of ______ is used as support for the motor theory of speech perception.

656. The collection of sonnets known as "from the portuguese" are called that because _____.

657. In the two-factor theory, the second factor, ______, maintains avoidance by reducing fear.

658. ___________ is not one of the selves described by william james.

659. A(n) _______ is a prediction stated in a way that permits it to be tested.

660. A(n) ________ psychologist would be most likely to help individuals overcome their depression.

661. According to the research of lillian gilbreth, many employees were motivated by money and ________.

662. Learning that occurs due to _____ extinguishes slowly.

663. Nearly all bacterial sexually transmitted infections are effectively treated with ________.

664. Neurofeedback appears to be promising in the treatment of ____.

665. One disadvantage of _____ is that it is limited to assessing activity on the scalp.

666. One important difference between science and everyday observations is that science relies on ____.

667. Schizophrenia that develops gradually over a long period of time is called ________ schizophrenia.

668. Sleep deprivation may lead to ______ aging.

669. Social roles are especially likely to be central to people's self-identity in ________ cultures.

670. Some critics of kubler-ross's theory of dying claim _____.

671. Taste is to _____ as pressure is to _____ and as body position is to _____.

672. The hendricks' scale suggests ______ styles of love.

673. The major effect of ________ is to release stored serotonin and block its reuptake.

674. The psychology of adjustment provides ______ approach to coping with the challenges of life.

675. Jung believed there were __________ basic personality types.

676. One way to maintain ________ health is by keeping your mind active through life-long learning.

677. Paychecks and semester grades are delivered on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

678. People who score high on _____ rate their personal projects as stressful and difficult.

679. ____ systematically destroyed parts of the brain using extirpation.

680. ____ was a confidant of darwin who introduced the concept of evolution into geological theory.

681. The sound pressure level increases _______ as the decibel level increases from 40 to 80 dbs

682. Quizzes in ivylearn can have a due date, ________, and one or more attempts.

683. Dr. cattolicos work has resulted in _______.

684. The father of the u.s. constitution, james madison, referred to congress as ________________.

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