During an especially long and stressful expedition, Sulu went in for a checkup. The doctor told him that his blood sugar and cortisol levels were elevated and that he might be at risk for illness. According to Hans Selye, Sulu is in the __________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
A. alarm reaction
B. burnout
C. exhaustion
D. resistance
Answer: D
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a. True b. False
Culture-fair IQ tests are not widely used because they
a. are generally unavailable. b. do not predict academic performance as well as standard tests. c. are too expensive. d. are invalid. e. rely too heavily on verbal tasks.
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a) Questionnaires are costly and time-consuming, whereas clinician interviews are more efficient and cost-effective. b) Clinicians generally provide more detailed and reliable assessments of personality than can be provided by questionnaire measures. c) Most people prefer to speak with an interviewer rather than complete a questionnaire; consequently, interviews have higher validity. d) The high rate of psychological disorders makes it imperative to gather direct evidence of the possibility that such disorders influence personality.
The authors of your text suggest that in the 1930s and 1940s, the most influential person in social psychology was
a. Kurt Lewin. b. John Watson. c. Lyndon Johnson. d. B. F. Skinner.