Anthropologists and historians studying North American Indian cultures have found that more than 150 of these societies have (or had in the past) a third-sex category.

A) European
B) Mexican
C) Eskimo
D) Native American

Which of the following can be said to change one's state of consciousness?

A) meditation
B) hypnosis
C) stimulants
D) all of the above

Which of the following is a consequence of the double standard of aging?

A) There are few romantic leads for middle-aged women actors.
B) Men are perceived as becoming old later than women.
C) A man is more likely to marry a younger woman than vice versa.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Someone tells you that if you say "abracadabra" every morning you will stay healthy. You say it daily, and, sure enough, you stay healthy. You conclude that saying this magic word really does ensure health. What error in thinking have you made?

A) failure to use the availability heuristic
B) inappropriate use of categorization-by-levels
C) over-reliance on base-rate information
D) premature commitment to one hypothesis

Rotter assessed research participants with the use of

A) physiological observations.
B) achievement tests.
C) projective tests.
D) self-report inventories.

In her analysis with her father,Anna Freud reported dreams of:

A) shooting,killing,and dying.
B) intense hate for her father and siblings.
C) betraying her father to his enemies.
D) her longing for other women.

Which of the following best illustrates induced motion?

A) The moon seems to race across the sky on a windy night with a few clouds.
B) The wagon wheels seem to turn backwards in an old episode of the television show Death Valley Days.
C) While playing golf, you can tell how far away the green is by taking a few steps back and forth across the fairway.
D) It always seems as if one pin takes a long time to fall when you bowl a strike.