Dr. Feinstein is setting up a laboratory to research the human sexual response. Her research problem is likely to be 

A) participant liberal bias.
B) participant truthfulness.
C) getting a sample that has similar sexual experience as the general population.
D) all of the above.

According to Skinner,parental disapproval of a child's behavior will

A) foster the child's hostility and aggression.
B) inhibit the child's tendency to self-actualize.
C) probably lead to the cessation of that behavior.
D) reinforce the behavior.

According to _____,the presence of others will improve performance on simple tasks.

A) social facilitation theory
B) system justification theory
C) social identity theory
D) relative depravation theory

What is the best advice when faced with a major assignment such as a term paper

A)  Set aside a large block of time (e.g., an entire weekend) to devote to the assignment. 
B)  Break the assignment down into smaller components. 
C)  Start the assignment with a clear idea of your conclusion in mind. 
D)  Postpone beginning the assignment until shortly before the due date to incorporate information from the instructor's lectures into the project.

The perception of timbre corresponds to a sound wave's

A) pitch.
B) panache.
C) amplitude.
D) purity.

Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the

A) temporal lobes.
B) cerebellum.
C) olfactory cortex.
D) frontal lobes.

Igor has not been skiing in 10 years.However,when he gets on his skis,his body remembers exactly how to ski.The kind of memory that makes it possible for him to
Remember how to ski is

A) explicit.
B) episodic.
C) procedural.
D) semantic.

On which of the following tasks would the presence of others be MOST likely to lead to improved performance?

A) reciting the months of the year in alphabetical order
B) learning foreign language words
C) counting backward from 10 to 1
D) learning nonsense syllables

____________ asserts that prejudice and discrimination originate in the frustrations of people who want to blame someone else for their problems.

A) Scapegoat theory
B) Ecological fallacy
C) Exception fallacy
D) Racialization

A laboratory rat has had part of its hypothalamus destroyed by lesioning.The rat doesn't seem to know when to stop eating and has ballooned to several times its normal size.In this case,which area of the hypothalamus would you expect to be damaged

A)  lateral 
B)  ventromedial 
C)  magnocellular 
D)  parvocellular