Gloria is a tax accountant who is very busy from January to April 15, which is the tax return filing deadline. She feels that she must work very long hours during this time to meet the April 1 deadline for al her clients. Gloria is experiencing
a. anxiety
b. pressure
c. cognitive dissonance
d. frustration
Answer: b. pressure
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Which of the following best describes the culturally different perspective currently held by psychologists and anthropologists?
A. All cultures are different, but some are better depending on what they produce. B. Most cultures are very similar, but ones with extreme differences are usually ostracized and oppressed. C. Each culture has the full potential to grow due to the unique strengths produced within that culture. D. Analyzing a culture is nearly impossible because of great individual differences held by people within the population.
People with disease-prone personalities tend to do all of the following except
A. try to ignore stressors whenever possible. B. perceive stressors as long-term, catastrophic threats that they caused to themselves. C. think pessimistically about their ability to overcome stressors. D. rely mainly on problem-focused coping strategies.
On average, how many of your genes do you share with each of your parents?
a. 50% b. 10% c. 25% d. 5%
In what important way do modern brain studies differ from the studies performed in the early days of cognitive neuroscience?
A. Modern studies allow researchers to examine brain activity in research subjects who have no problems with memory, speech, or learning. B. Early studies were based on dozens or hundreds of human subjects, but more recent studies focus on only one or two people per study. C. Early studies focused on the frontal lobe, while more recent studies have concentrated almost exclusively on the temporal lobe. D. Recent studies examine more subjects but can be significantly less accurate because the subjects have no cognitive deficits.