The Comstock Act of 1873 prohibited the mailing of ____
a. written accounts of the history of ancient civilizations
b. religious paraphernalia
c. war paraphernalia
d. obscene and indecent writing or advertisements
D
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Personality is to environment as great leader theory is to zeitgeist theory.
a. True b. False
Which of the following questions would a physiological psychologist be MOST likely to ask?
a. How do hormones affect behavior? b. Why do we like some people and not others? c. What effect does reward have on learning? d. What are the stages of problem-solving?
One disadvantage of the deviation-from-the-norm criterion for mental disorders is that
a. not all behaviors are maladaptive. b. cultures differ in how they define what is normal. c. daily problems prompt people to seek treatment. d. statistical deviance offers clear guidelines for researchers.
A school of psychology that moved away from Freud toward more emphasis in therapy on coping strategies and strengths of the person rather than on the unconscious is called _____ psychology
a. ego b. developmental c. clinical d. life cycle e. behaviorist