The linguistic __________ hypothesis of Benjamin Whorf and Edward Sapir suggests that the language a person speaks influences his or her conception of reality
a. relativity
b. expression
c. reception
d. schema
Answer: A
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A psychologist devises a test to measure anxiety. He administers this test to over 1,000 persons and learns how many people show low, medium, or high levels of anxiety. Usually the results of such tests tend to form a(n)
a. normal or bell-shaped curve. b. skewed deviation curve. c. U-shaped curve. d. scatter plot.
According to the 1994 Institute of Medicine report, __________ have more stringent requirements, including training in the design and evaluation of interventions, than do __________
a. prevention field specialists; prevention research specialists b. clinical psychologists; community psychologists c. community psychologists; consultants d. none of the above
For which of the following types of couples does commitment nearly always come before intimacy and passion?
older remarried couples cohabitating young heterosexual couples couples in arranged marriages cohabitating young homosexual couples
The desire for physical intimacy without emotional commitment may be strongest in
younger women. older women. younger men. older men.