The most comprehensive series of factor-analyzed personality inventories has been provided by
A) J. P. Guilford. B) L. L. Thurstone.
C) R. B. Cattell. D) H. G. Eysenck.
C
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Which of the following is true with regards to temperament?
A. Easy babies are preferred. B. Difficult babies are preferred. C. Having a baby's temperament fit its environment is preferred. D. Setting a strict schedule for a difficult child will help the child adjust.
In Exercise 29 you compared to the effects of extinction in two difference conditions: one in which a mild electric shock was administered following the first response in extinction versus one in which no shock was administered during extinction. In terms of the number of responses required to meet the extinction criterion, you likely found that the number of responses was
a. much larger when the shock occurred. b. much smaller when the shock occurred. c. about the same under the two conditions. d. a poor measure of the difference between the two conditions, as Sniffy never responded after the shock was delivered.
In Chapter 9, the in-depth section discusses research in neurolinguistics. According to this discussion,
a. one advantage to an fMRI is that it does not require an injection of radioactive material. b. one advantage to a PET scan is that it can detect changes that occur very quickly. c. neurolinguists have identified a very specific location in the brain, which focuses on language comprehension. d. neurolinguists know that the right hemisphere can process some aspects of language. However, they have not yet identified the location of any specific process.
The increase in the incidence of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa has been referred to as a "collision between our culture and our physiology." The most accurate interpretation of this statement is that
A. people have become too dependent on media determinations of beauty. B. media standards of beauty are increasingly unattainable for the average woman. C. dieting has become a fad that has been taken to an extreme. D. beauty is now being defined by different cultures in society than before.