Suppose you were a participant in one of David McClelland's studies of the need for achievement. You would be given the Thematic Apperception Test and be expected to
a. rate yourself on a series of achievement-related questions.
b. check off those goals that most apply to you.
c. compile a list of your most important lifetime achievements.
d. generate stories in response to a series of ambiguous drawings.
Answer: d. generate stories in response to a series of ambiguous drawings.
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Darnell was a monkey who was extremely aggressive and often flew into uncontrollable rages. Brain researchers lesioned portions of Darnell's forebrain, and he became extremely passive and docile. Based on what is known about the functions of structures within the forebrain, you should conclude that these researchers most likely lesioned portions of Darnell's:
a. occipital lobe b. amygdala c. hippocampus d. substantia nigra
In Freudian dream interpretation, kings are to fathers as trips are to ____
a. sexual intercourse c. entering psychoanalysis b. becoming a parent d. death or dying
The year is 3098 and archaeologists unearthed the remains of what they believe was called a golf course. They are struck by the numerous broken golf clubs found over the course
There is no evidence of any blood, so they rule out war. A member of the team has unearthed a book on aggression that has a clue to the explanations used at the time the course was in use. What is the most likely explanation for the broken golf clubs? a) weather b) frustration c) sociobiology d) hormonal imbalances
Following habituation, when a new stimulus causes responsiveness to return to a high level, the increase is called
A) imitation. B) recovery. C) reinforcement. D) repetition.