When a person pursues sexual reassignment surgery because they feel as though they were born with the wrong physical sex (i.e., trapped in the wrong body), this is called being
a) homosexual.
b) transgendered.
c) asexual.
d) bisexual.
b
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A researcher recruits participants for an experiment by posting an announcement in the psychology department asking for volunteers. What kind of sampling is being used?
a. quota b. non-quota c. probability d. nonprobability
Regarding sex as a biological motive, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Most psychologists believe that sex in both humans and lower animals is necessary for individual survival. b. In lower mammals, a normal male is almost always ready to mate. c. In lower mammals, the normal female is interested in mating only when their fertility cycles are in the stage of estrus. d. In lower animals, the sex drive is directly related to hormones.
____________neurotransmitters make it more likely that a neuron will generate action potentials, whereas _____________ neurotransmitters make it less likely that a neuron will do so
A) Excitatory; inhibitory B) Inhibitory; excitatory C) Augmentation; depletion D) Depletion; augmentation
Duke is petrified of snakes. To help him overcome his fear, his therapist is teaching Duke
to relax in the face of increasingly more realistic encounters with a snake. First, Duke simply imagines the snake, then he imagines that a snake placed in a box is brought into the room, and so on, until he finally imagineshimself holding the reptile. He implements the relaxation procedures his therapist has taught him each time he imagines a different "snake scenario." Duke's therapist isusing the therapeutic technique called a. rational-emotive therapy. b. aversion therapy. c. modeling. d. systematic desensitization. e. implosion therapy.