Culture can substantially influence personality through the resources, social structures, and social systems available in a specific environment to help achieve goals
a) True
b) False
a
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According to McCrae and Costa (1994), personality traits stop changing and are "set in plaster" by the time we hit ____ years of age
a. 15 b. 18 c. 21 d. 30
The reported estimates of erectile dysfunction have greatly increased over the past several years. Which statement is one of the contributing factors for the increase in reporting ED? a. The increase in social and occupational stressors is creating more stress and dysfunction in relationships
b. The availability of drugs like Viagra presents men with a non-intrusive treatment. c. There is an increasing assumption that the dysfunction may be caused by a psychological inadequacy rather than physical condition. d. There is significantly decreased acceptance of a woman's right to expect satisfaction in sexual relationships.
First the students groaned and then they let out a sigh of relief when the teacher realized her mistake. The test was supposed to be on the topic of the modern romance novel,
but she inadvertently passed out exam questions that were intended for another course she was teaching on medieval poetry. It is obvious that the initial test questions did not have a. reliability. b. criterion validity. c. predictive validity. d. construct validity.
Your teacher asks you to study the status of racial minorities in psychology and give a report to the class. After you completed your research and before giving your presentation, you are asked to summarize your findings. Which of these statements will y
a) Racial minorities have always had the option of professional training in psychology. b) The number of racial minorities finding employment in the field of psychology is increasing. c) The rate of racial minorities receiving doctoral degrees is decreasing despite efforts to alter this trend. d) A member of a racial minority has never been elected president of the American Psychological Association.