Pamela is 47 years old and, to her friends, seems to be just drifting through life. She has a low-paying job which she does not get much satisfaction from, and yet she does not seem to really care. If Pamela were given the Ryff Well-Being Inventory, she would probably score the lowest on the dimension of
A. purpose in life.
B. environmental mastery.
C. autonomy.
D. self-acceptance.
Answer: A
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Gerard is making some chicken soup. His roommate tastes it and tells Gerard it is perfect, but Gerard thinks it needs more salt. He adds just a little salt and thinks that now it tastes fine. However, his roommate tastes it again and tells Gerard that now it is ruined because it has too much salt. Based on research conducted by psychophysicists you should conclude that compared to his roommate,
Gerard has: a. a lower absolute threshold for the taste of salt b. a lower perceptual invariance for the taste of salt c. a higher difference threshold for the taste of salt d. a higher absolute threshold for the taste of salt
Most of the characteristics of interest to psychologists, such as personality, are influenced by
a. multiple genes. b. the 23rd chromosome pair. c. one autosome. d. the 21st chromosome pair.
What contributes to the lack of construct equivalence on measures of psychological strength?
a. No prior establishment of how to measure the constructs of strength. b. The inability to establish qualitative measures of strengths. c. Using culturally normative definitions of a strength. d. The unwillingness of cultures to examine strengths.
As a teacher writes on the board, she detects over her shoulder a student about to throw a wad of paper at her
This excellent peripheral vision is due to the large concentration of which of the following in the periphery of her eyes? a. rods b. cones c. phosphenes d. stereocilia