Walking through an airport, a child feels a temptation to yell out, "terrorist bomb.". But he doesn't yell because he knows that those words would be highly disruptive. The boy displays
a. an external attribution.
b. inhibitory control.
c. passive victimization.
d. fear of expiatory punishment.
B
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Race and poverty are closely linked to
a. families headed by women. b. marital status. c. families headed by men. d. social history.
You enter a room and see an average-looking child wildly flapping his arms repetitively for no apparent reason. You then notice that this child becomes extremely agitated when an adult pulls a shade on a window down just a few inches. As a knowledgeable psychology student, you would rightly surmise that this child
a. has Down syndrome. b. is autistic. c. has muscular dystrophy. d. is suffering from rubella.
What percentage of women in the United States undergo a hysterectomy between ages 35 and 55?
50 25 30 10
When researchers Blakemore and Cooper exposed newborn kittens to either vertical or horizontal stripes—and nothing else—for several months, it was found that ________
a. the kittens became completely blind. b. the kittens ran to play only when the researcher held up a bar matching their visual experience. c. the perception of vertical stripes is innate, and so some kittens functioned in a normal manner. d. the perception of horizontal stripes is innate, and so some kittens functioned in a normal manner.