Culturallydisapproved of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels. The socalled "mental disorder" for a woman that had a healthy sexual appetite was known as
a. anarchia.
b. nymphomania.
c. self-defeating personality.
d. drapetomania.
ANSWER: b
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Conduct disorder affects 2 to 12% of 5- to 17-year-olds and is
a. much more common in boys. b. slightly more common in boys. c. much more common in girls. d. slightly more common in girls.
Regarding how personality develops through the life span, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Newborn babies differ in temperament, which implies that this aspect of personality is hereditary. b. Most people continue to become more conscientious, agreeable, and emotionally stable as they mature. c. The stereotypes of the "grumpy old man" and "cranky old woman" are largely unfounded (untrue). d. Personality stabilizes around age 15 and continues to "harden" through age 35.
Which of the following is NOT an analysis of each need in the Kenrick and colleagues (2010) reformulation of Maslow's need hierarchy?
a. learned social behavior b. evolutionary significance c. development trajectory d. environmental stimuli that trigger each need
Dopaminergic receptor subtypes are a. always fast ionotropic
b. always slow metabotropic. c. fast metabotropic in systems involved with reward, but slow ionotropic in systems involved with movement. d. slow and fast metabotropic in systems involved with movement, but fast ionotropic in systems involved with reward.