Through natural selection,the traits that are most likely to be passed on to succeeding generations are those that contribute to

A) temperament.
B) survival.
C) aggressiveness.
D) social power.

What is the most common reason women delay or avoid seeking prenatal care?

A) lack of health insurance
B) difficulty finding a doctor
C) lack of transportation
D) ambivalence about the pregnancy

For her height,Zara should weigh approximately 40 kg,but she only weighs about 32 kg.She eats when her family is around,but she carefully documents her calorie intake and makes sure to spend enough time on the treadmill to burn all of it off.Which eating disorder is illustrated by this example

A)  anorexia nervosa
B)  binge eating disorder 
C)  dieting disorder
D)  bulimia nervosa

Which of the following therapies is more concerned with removing specific troubling symptoms than with facilitating new ways of thinking?

A) psychoanalysis
B) behavior therapy
C) client-centered therapy
D) cognitive therapy

Most people tend to consider themselves better than average, or at least average, drivers. We do so because when we think of other drivers we most easily remember unusually bad drivers, and compare ourselves to them. In other words, we make a decision based on

A) base-rate information.
B) the availability heuristic.
C) the representativeness heuristic.
D) an algorithm.

After learning about the association between syphilis infection and the strange behaviors of general paresis, Monica becomes an adherent of the somatogenic hypothesis, which holds that mental illness __________.

A) results from conflict between the parents
B) has a psychological origin
C) is caused by an injury or infection
D) results from a psychologically traumatic event

How do people represent and navigate in and through space? This is a question of ______ cognition.

A) navigational
B) representational
C) spatial
D) visual

Cultural assessments by which something is identified as right,desirable,and moral are referred to by sociologists as

A) norms.
B) standards.
C) values.
D) beliefs.

An impaired theory of mind is most closely associated with

A) infantile amnesia.
B) concrete operational thought.
C) the concept of conservation.
D) autism spectrum disorder.