In Milgram's first study of obedience,the majority of "teachers" who were ordered to shock a "learner"

A) refused to deliver even slight levels of shock.
B) initially complied but refused to deliver more than slight levels of shock.
C) complied until ordered to deliver intense levels of shock.
D) complied fully and delivered the highest level of shock.

A cohort is a group of people born at a particular time or a group of people who enter an organization at a particular time.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an analogical representation?

A) a subway map
B) a family tree
C) a diagram of the human body
D) a sign language gesture for please

When parents respond promptly to their infants' cries at 2 months of age, the infants will cry for shorter durations as they get older.

_____ is the understanding that objects continue to exist when they cannot be seen.

A) Object permanence
B) Acquired adaptation
C) Mental representation
D) Object continuity

Walter Cannon challenged the James-Lange theory,criticizing it on several grounds.Which of the following is one of those criticisms?

A) The James-Lange theory overemphasized the importance of physiological reactions.
B) Cannon argued that the James-Lange theory failed to consider the importance of thoughts in emotional reactions.
C) Cannon pointed out that bodily reactions are similar for many emotions,yet our subjective experience of various emotions is very different.
D) The James-Lange theory described the nature of emotions but failed to explain how they occur.

Scott is about to start systematic desensitization for his phobia of snakes. What is the basic goal of this technique?

A) The client learns to face his fear regardless of how scared it makes him feel.
B) The client associates a state of relaxation with fear-evoking stimuli.
C) The client systematically overcomes a fear by coming in contact with it every day.
D) The client forms a series of visual images that can be used during a fear-evoking situation.

Personality psychology is considered a __________ topic because of its relationship to other areas within psychology.

A) borderline
B) hub
C) marginal
D) first-level

In which of the following would there be the greatest risk of effects of subjectivity and selective attention

A)  conducting a placebo-control trial 
B)  compiling a case study 
C)  running experimental studies 
D)  conducting surveys