Psychologists see the study of ________ as an attempt to account for the individuality of the human mind
a) personality
b) nurture
c) character
d) motivation
ANS: A, The understanding of personality helps us to understand the basic differences between people.
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Exposure therapy for phobia resembles which of the following?
a. Skinner's shaping procedure b. Piaget's conservation tasks c. The Clever Hans procedure d. Asch's procedure for studying conformity
During the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, a child's relations with the world are through
a. logical reasoning. b. physical interaction. c. abstract operations. d. systematic hypothesis testing.
Which person experiencing recovered memories is most likely to have actually suffered sexual abuse?
a) Callista, who while in the hospital, had flashbacks of sexual abuse and after joining a therapy group for incest survivors, recalled even more abuse. b) Jolinda, whose therapist repeatedly suggested that her depression resulted from incest. When pressed for details she wrote pages of her repressed memories, including being molested at 1 year of age. c) Nadine, whose psychiatrist used hypnosis to uncover her repressed memories of being in a satanic cult and having sex with animals. d) Angelique, who is in treatment for borderline personality disorder and whose therapist has used memory-recovery techniques such as dream interpretation and imagery to recover Angelique's memories of incest beginning at 6 months of age.
In a study of group dynamics, participants were placed in groups consisting of either three or ten people. During the study, group members worked together trying to solve a puzzle
After completing the task, participants reported how satisfied they were with the other members of their group. ________ is the independent variable in this study. a. Group dynamics b. The puzzle c. Group size d. Satisfaction