Dr. Smith is designing a study in which 50 people will be administered an experimental drug and 50 people will be administered a placebo. He will make sure that all potential respondents are equally likely to end up in either the experimental or control group. What is this practice called?

A) selective assignment
B) random assignment
C) determined assignment
D) confounding assignment

Recognizing the taste of the liquid in your mouth as juice that has fermented is an example of

A) subliminal stimulation.
B) sensory adaptation.
C) prosopagnosia.
D) perception.

If a receptor is thought of as a lock, which of the following might be one type of key?

A) synapse
B) dendrite
C) postsynaptic membrane
D) methamphetamine

Studies comparing identical and fraternal twins reveal that __________.

A) identical twins have more highly correlated intelligence scores
B) identical twins are generally better in verbal tasks than fraternal twins
C) identical twins have higher IQ scores than fraternal twins
D) both groups have equally highly correlated intelligence scores

The amplitude of electromagnetic waves determines the ________ of light.

A) jnd
B) brightness
C) hue
D) wavelength

Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi

A) The theory of flow
B) Personal construct theory
C) Hierarchy of needs
D) Self-actualization
E) Self-determination theory
F) Existentialistic superman
G) The experience of Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt
H) Thrown-ness
I) Optimistic toughness

__________ is a change of behavior in response to a direct request.

A) Conformity
B) Obedience
C) Compliance
D) Deindividuation