We have a tendency to explain the behavior of strangers we have observed in only one type of situation in terms of ________ and to explain our own behavior in terms of ________.

A) logical analysis; incidental cues
B) situational constraints; personality traits
C) incidental cues; logical analysis
D) personality traits; situational constraints

The memories primarily located in the cerebellum are ________ memories.

A) semantic
B) emotional
C) procedural
D) episodic

There are multiple goals in science,and researchers move between goals at various points in their research.If a researcher has a lot of data about the measurement of fear reactions and uses those data to generate a theory about fear,how have the researcher's goals changed

A)  from application to control 
B)  from control to description 
C)  from description to understanding 
D)  from understanding to application

Benny has an overwhelming fear of being in situations from which he cannot readily escape or in which there is no likely help in case a panic attack should occur. For example, Benny avoids shopping malls, movie theaters and restaurants. Benny most likely has __________

A) social phobia.
B) panic disorder.
C) dissociative disorder.
D) agoraphobia.

In the context of response sets, a person who tries to present himself or herself in a positive way in a questionnaire is showing _____.

A) cognitive dissonance
B) social desirability
C) carryover effect
D) self-serving bias

Someone sees a strange-looking flying object. It might be a white pelican, or it might be a UFO from outer space. The viewer decides that it is a UFO. Assuming that it really was a pelican, which mistake of reasoning has the viewer made?

A) failure to use the availability heuristic
B) failure to use the representativeness heuristic
C) failure to consider base-rate information
D) failure to use a cognitive map

Which groups of individuals is more likely to form a clique?

A) three girls who live in the same gated community and have similar interests
B) a boy and a girl who are from the same ethnicity and belong to the same club in school
C) a boy and a girl who are graduating in a month and going to college the following fall
D) two boys and a girl who live next door to each other and ride together to school