Which statement is true about the view of homosexuality as abnormal?
a. Until the mid-1970s, homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder by the
psychiatric profession.
b. After World War I, homosexuality was not viewed as a mental disorder in the
United States but it was in Europe.
c. Homosexuality is classified as a mental disorder in the current psychiatric
classification system in the United States but not in Europe.
d. Homosexuality is currently classified as a disorder in men but not in women.
A
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"Domain specificity" of mental performance means that
a. performance is best for areas of one's expertise. b. performance increases broadly while the child matures. c. errors are common among children in everything they do. d. expertise applies broadly to many types of tasks.
When listening to the radio, Ramona hears a song; she cannot immediately recall the band's name, but she is sure she knows the name. This is one example of:
a) encoding failure. b) interference. c) priming. d) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
The fact that different cultures use the same facial expressions to communicate the same emotional states indicates facial expressions of basic emotions:
A. are innate. B. are learned. C. are culture-specific. D. have to be demonstrated by parents to be acquired.
Which statement is consistent with the proposition that nicotine has adverse consequences?
A. Nearly 90 percent of long-term smokers will die from smoking-related causes. B. Smoking causes more deaths than other drugs do. C. Fetuses exposed to nicotine after birth show malformed facial features. D. Nicotine use is a habit, not an addiction.