Anita has a severe reaction to chili peppers—they actually cause her pain—and she finds kale and broccoli too bitter to eat, while oranges are too sweet. Anita may have many more taste buds than the average person, which would make her a __________
a) testtaster
b) supertester
c) supertaster
d) tastemaster
Answer: C
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During the day, Barb suffers from frequent, unwanted thoughts that she has left her front door unlocked and recurrent images that all her belongings have been taken. These thoughts and images are what psychologists refer to as a
A) compulsion. B) delusion. C) hallucination. D) obsession.
Cooper and colleagues have argued that people who develop patterns of heavy drug use
a. do so because of parental example, which is the primary predictor. b. believe in the positive effects of using drugs. c. have dopamine-deficient brains. d. do so in order to avoid perceived negative aspects of their lives. e. do so in order to moderate positive and negative emotions.
Humans ______
a. neither secrete nor detect pheromones b. secrete but do not detect pheromones c. detect but do not secrete pheromones d. secrete and detect pheromones
Which of the following statements about toddlers' vocabularies is true?
A) Most children show a steady rate of word learning that continues through the preschool years. B) Toddlers undergo an initial spurt in vocabulary around 18 months. C) Toddlers transition from a faster to a slower language learning pace around 18 months. D) Young toddlers add to their spoken vocabularies at a rate of three to five words a week.