Much of the human stress response is hormonally driven. One hormone in particular, namely ______, has been shown to have a calming effect and to reduce anxiety.
a. testosterone
b. oxytocin
c. estrogen
d. ghrelin
Ans: B
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a. Animal species with larger brains tend to learn faster than those with smaller brains. b. Learning proceeds more swiftly if it combines classical and operant conditioning c. It is easiest to learn something that is likely to be useful in nature. d. Learning proceeds more swiftly if it activates the left and right hemispheres equally.
Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is __________.
A. conservation B. object permanence C. assimilation D. egocentrism
A common use of correlation is to determine evidence for a. criterion validity
b. face validity. c. a normative sample. d. a scatter plot.
What paraphilia is relatively common, and involves urges or fantasies about exposing one's genitals to strangers in order to cause shock in the observer
a. exhibitionistic disorder c. fetishistic disorder b. voyeuristic disorder d. frotteuristic disorder