Bud does not feel that he can leave for work each morning until he spends hours checking and rechecking
to make sure that he has shut off all the appliances and locked the windows and doors of his home. Bud's
behaviors represent ______.
a. delusions c. obsessions
b. a specific phobia d. compulsions
D
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Research on flashbulb memories indicates that __________.
A. decay does not occur for these memories B. interference does not occur for these memories C. these memories are often the result of reconstruction, rather than true memories D. they are largely susceptible to the same errors as other types of memory
A researcher working with college football players is conducting a long-term study to examine an athlete's decline in physical performance as the athlete ages. What type of development would the researcher most likely be studying?
A. cognitive B. personality C. physical D. social
Which of the following is an accurate differentiation between a young man's initial and later ejaculations?
a. Initial ejaculations contain relatively few sperm, while later ejaculations contain enough sperm to fertilize an egg. b. Initial ejaculations only occur during sleep (nocturnal emissions) while later ejaculations can occur either while sleeping or awake. c. Initial ejaculations contain no sperm cells, while later ejaculations (typically starting around 15 years of age) do contain sperm cells. d. Initial ejaculations contain a high content of urine combined with semen, while later ejaculations are almost exclusively semen.
Both Freud and Erikson believed that
a. a person's personality is primarily genetically determined. b. there are four stages in the development of personality. c. while personality develops gradually over the first 15 to 20 years of life, people change very little throughout the years of adulthood. d. people in every culture progress through stages of personality development.