Max is very fearful of airplanes. If he does fly, he feels overwhelming anxiety when he approaches the gate at the airport. Within Ellis's A-B-C theory of personality, the behavior of approaching the gate at the airport represents
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Answer: a) A
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In a repeated-measures experiment, each individual participates in one treatment condition and then moves on to a second treatment condition. One of the major concerns in this type of study is that participation in the first treatment may influence the participant's score in the second treatment. What is this problem is called?
a. Individual differences c. Homogeneity of variance b. Order effects d. Bi-treatment effect
People are more likely to aggress when their goals are blocked, according to the
a. frustration-aggression hypothesis. b. instinctual aggression hypothesis. c. social learning theory. d. cognitive dissonance theory.
John does not enjoy his food as much as he used to when he was a younger man. This is MOST likely because:
A) the sense of haptic perception fades with age. B) he is a nontaster. C) he has become a supertaster. D) taste perception fades with age.
Which theoretical approach to the development of personality has substantially contributed to our knowledge of memory, attributions, and problem solving?
A. Humanistic B. Psychodynamic C. Trait D. Social cognitive