Of the following, the best definition of temperament is
A. how often a child has temper tantrums.
B. a child's pattern of mood, activity, and emotionality.
C. an adult's pattern of behavior in social situations.
D. how often an adult experiences negative moods.
Answer: B
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Justifying one's behavior by offering self-serving untruths that sound reasonable is a basic feature of
a. compensation. b. sublimation. c. intellectualization. d. rationalization.
Association areas in the temporal lobe:
A) register the occurrence of a sound. B) detect the location from where a sound originated. C) give the sound meaning. D) detect the pitch but not the loudness of a sound.
Critics point out that one of the problems of the DSM is that it ________
a. has strict criteria needed for making a diagnosis and has reduced the number of people who can be labeled with a disorder. b. is too resistant to change and too reluctant to add new diagnostic categories, even though today's concerns are far different from those from 1952. c. relies too much on empirical evidence and research findings rather than focusing on the person who is at the heart of the diagnostic process. d. is not called the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and a Whole Bunch of Everyday Problems," yet the compilers keep adding everyday problems!
Sandy is interested in determining how long bear cubs stay with their mother. She spends several years studying their behavior in Yellowstone Park noting date of birth, time of leaving mother, etc. for several bear families. This is an example of ________
a) the case study method. b) naturalistic observation. c) the survey method. d) the experimental method.