Gordon Allport pointed out in 1937 that personality refers to a person’s _______.
a. psychological characteristics
b. physical characteristics
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
c. both of the above
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What is one of the factors that make cultural learning in developed countries different from cultural learning in traditional cultures?
a. Children in developed countries are often apart from their families for a substantial part of the day, so they don't have as much guided participation in daily activities within the family as children in traditional cultures do. b. Parents in developed countries have assimilated into the culture and are not as interested in teaching their children skills or traditions as parents in traditional cultures are. c. Children in developed countries aren't interested in guided participation in daily activities the way children in traditional cultures are. d. Parents in developed countries believe that their children should learn independently.
Which of the following is the term for a severe eating disorder in which individuals refuse to eat, while denying that their behavior and very thin appearance are out of the ordinary?
a) Bulimia b) Obesity c) Malnutrition d) Anorexia nervosa
In one study, experimentally lowering serotonin levels led to
a. decreased hostility in everybody. b. increased hostility in everybody. c. decreased hostility for those already high in aggressiveness and no change for those low in aggressiveness. d. increased hostility for those already high in aggressiveness and no change for those low in aggressiveness.
What would it take to scientifically demonstrate the existence of ESP?
a. uncritical acceptance by the media and the public b. a double-blind study that would replicate both a run of luck and a decline effect c. a mass media study involving a million ESP trials in which people from the United States and other countries would attempt to identify ESP targets from a distance d. a set of instructions that would allow any competent, unbiased observer to produce a psi event under standardized conditions that rule out any possibility of fraud