Who is the psychologist that used a trial-and-error approach to psychological measurement that continues to serve as the predominant approach to test construction today?
a) Freud
b) Binet
c) Skinner
d) Watson
Answer: b
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In comparison to adolescents who do not have close relationships with their parents, those who do
a. are likely to have more sexual partners. b. are less likely to use contraceptives. c. are more likely to end up with a sexually transmitted infection. d. are less likely to initiate sexual activity at an early age.
Sabini and colleagues (2001) suggest the reason for fundamental attribution error is a tendency to underestimate the power of motives (such as motive to 'save face') called:
a. self-serving attributional motives b. channel factors c. global recognition d. locus of control motives
Tim is fifteen. He is most likely to turn to peers for advice if
a. he has only one parent. b. his parents maintain an authoritative parenting style. c. his parents maintain power over them and restrict them. d. his parents are not very demanding.
Which of the following statements regarding conditioned taste aversions is true?
A) Repeated pairings between the CS and UCS are needed in order to establish a conditioned taste aversion. B) Conditioned taste aversions can be induced in human beings, but not in lower animals. C) The delay between the CS and UCS in a conditioned tasted aversion can be as long as 6 or even 8 hours. D) Conditioned taste aversions tend to be remarkably general, where an entire type of food will be found distasteful even after only one specific food causes an illness.