Personality disorders generally ________ across the life span.

A) are responsive to therapy and become less severe
B) are stable
C) get worse
D) become less severe

The mastery of the skills that are necessary before a child can begin to read include the knowledge and attitudes that underlie reading.This is referred to as

A) emergent literacy.
B) phonemic awareness.
C) shared reading.
D) general linguistic skills.

A rewarding consequence of cigarette smoking is that it reduces

A) blood pressure and heart rate.
B) sensitivity to pain.
C) mental alertness.
D) the release of epinephrine into the bloodstream.

According to Mead,the people we encounter on a regular basis and associate with the average person in society are known as the

A) generalized other.
B) significant other.
C) gratuitous other.
D) imagined other.

Although physical attractiveness strongly influences interpersonal attraction,many individuals of average and below-average attractiveness are involved in long-term relationships.What hypothesis explains this apparent paradox

A)  companionate love hypothesis
B)  matching hypothesis 
C)  similarity hypothesis
D)  least-common-denominator hypothesis

One study found that the most common sexual activity of streetwalkers is ________.

A) fellatio
B) vaginal intercourse
C) anal intercourse
D) cunnilingus

Which of the following have been criticized the most for offering concepts that are vague and based on the theorists' personal opinions rather than on scientific methods?

A) behaviorists
B) humanistic theorists
C) psychodynamic theorists
D) Jungian theorists

At what stage of Kohlberg's moral development is morality completely internalized?

A) social-system morality
B) interpersonal norms
C) universal-ethical principles
D) individualism and purpose