The term that refers to the body's maintenance of an appropriate level of activation under changing circumstances is
A) ?"fight or flight" response.
B) ?allostatic load.
C) ?allostasis.
D) ?coping.
B
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A. genetics B. nonshared environmental factors C. innate predispositions D. parental practices
A form of screening to identify which alcoholics are more likely to be successful with a particular treatment is known as:
a. Matching b. Pairing c. Triangulation d. AUDIT
One way that psychologists avoid ethnocentric bias is to
A. conduct cross-cultural research. B. examine the role of agency in human behavior. C. seek research participants who are "WEIRDOs." D. conduct research on the Internet.
Which assessment procedure is designed to elicit personality characteristics without directly asking?
A. clinical interviews B. archival data C. projective tests D. informant reports