Bea has just broken up with her boyfriend. She has a test in school on Friday, but try as she might, she cannot concentrate on her studies. In this example, Bea's performance is being interfered with by an intense ________
a. emotion
b. secondary drive
c. primary drive
d. motivation
Answer: a
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The evolutionary approach to personality suggests that ____ may have contributed to reproductive fitness
a. various personality traits b. the ability to recognize various personality traits in others c. both various personality traits and the ability to recognize the traits in others d. neither various personality traits nor the ability to recognize the traits in others
Which side effect has been demonstrated for medication used in the treatment of ADHD?
A. irritability B. increased appetite C. increased sleep D. drug dependency
In classical conditioning, stimulus generalization occurs when:
a. a novel stimulus produces a response that is similar to the response produced by a conditioned stimulus b. a novel stimulus produces a response that is different from the response produced by a conditioned stimulus c. a conditioned response develops that is opposite to the unconditioned response d. an unconditioned response develops that is opposite to the conditioned response
Amber is having a discussion with her friends about the best musical groups of all time. Although she initially believed that the Rolling Stones were the best group, after listening to her friends' reasons for liking the Beatles she changes her mind and agrees with them. If she now truly believes that the Beatles are the best group, she is demonstrating
A. public conformity. B. private acceptance. C. social facilitation. D. social interference.