When people perceive themselves as being threatened, oxytocin ____
a. increases their attention to possible dangers
b. decreases their attention to possible dangers
c. calms them down
d. helps them better analyze the situation
a
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In Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority, which of the following things was true?
a. The participants did not meet the "learner" until after the study was over. b. The participants could not see or hear the "learner" during the course of the study. c. When participants hesitated during the study, an experimenter would repeatedly prompt them to continue. d. Participants could not tell what level of shock they were administering to the "learner."
Which of the following best describes how contemporary psychology views the mind?
a. Sam was just born smart, though no one else in his family seems to share his intelligence. b. Sam must have gotten the “smart gene” from his mother: He never studies but gets good grades. c. Sam was sent to the best schools and thus became a highly intelligent individual. d. Sam was alert and responsive as a baby, studied diligently in school, and was admitted to a top-ranked college.
A high-tech version of self-monitoring involves using
a. paper and pencil. b. electronic diaries. c. differential analysis. d. physical assessment.
General features of personality disorder include all of the following EXCEPT a. an enduring pattern of experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of theindividual's culture
b. a pattern of thinking, behaving, and feeling that is flexible and occurs only in specific situations. c. an enduring pattern of thought, emotion, and behavior that leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. d. a pattern of behavior that is stable over time, and whose onset can be traced back to at least adolescence or early adulthood.