Which of the following statements is true for the endocrine system's master gland?

a. Growth, maternal behavior, and production of urine are influenced by this gland.
b. Only one type of hormone is secreted.
c. The hypothalamus does not regulate much of the pituitary activity.
d. The pituitary gland lies above the hypothalamus.


A

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Which of the following statements is true about the significance given to social and environmental factors by the personality theorists?

a. Adler suggested that women raised in a matriarchal culture might have higher self-esteem. c. Cattell argued that environmental factors ultimately affect all of his 16 personality factors to some extent. b. Horney noted that social environment shapes the raw materials of personality provided by genetics into finished products. d. Allport's eight stages of psychosocial development are innate, but the environment determines the ways in which they are realized.

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One strategy that White people use to avoid appearing racist is to attempt to be color-blind. When participants were asked to describe a person to a partner as part of a game in a lab setting,

White participants were _____ to use race descriptors when their partners were ____. A) more likely; black B) less likely; white C) less likely: black D) more likely; white E) both C and D.

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Harold is extremely possessive of his mother. He gets really angry at his father for no reason and never leaves his mother's side. According to Freud, Harold is likely fixated on the _____ of development.

A. anal stage B. oral stage C. phallic stage D. latency stage

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helps regulate melatonin, which is involved in sleep-wake cycles

What will be an ideal response?

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