Flashbulb memories are:

A) eidetic memories.
B) clear and vivid memories of where one was and what one was doing when a special event occurred.
C) photographic memories.
D) visual images that are extremely difficult to describe.

Which statement is correct regarding responses to the Marlowe-Crowne scale?

A) As a group, Americans born in the 1970s show the same pattern of results on the Marlowe-Crowne as Americans born in the 1940s.
B) Compared to Americans born in the 1940s, those born in the 1970s score higher on the Marlowe-Crowne.
C) Compared to Americans born in the 1940s, those born in the 1970s score lower on the Marlowe-Crowne.
D) Marlowe-Crowne scores for Americans born in the 1940s are unreliable, whereas Marlowe-Crowne scores for Americans born in the 1970s show good internal reliability.

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

A) Howard Gardner
B) multiple intelligence
C) insightful skills for analyzing others
D) two-factor theory

Researcher Roger Sperry won a nobel prize for his research on epilepsy. Sperry cut through the __________ which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.

A) medulla
B) pons
C) pituitary gland
D) corpus callosum

One problem with Freud's published case histories is that they

A) simply repeat the notes he took during sessions with patients.
B) are based primarily on statements made under hypnosis.
C) sometimes differ from the notes he made after each session with a patient.
D) are based primarily on dream analysis.

The process of reinforcing successively closer approximations to a desired behavior is called

A) generalization.
B) intermittent reinforcement.
C) shaping.
D) secondary reinforcement.

Which of the following is not an example of a way in which the United States and Canada are distinct?

A) The United States has a far more developed military than Canada.
B) Canadian policy advocates the idea of cultural pluralism,whereas the United States considers itself to be a cultural melting pot.
C) Canadians are more likely to believe in God than Americans.
D) American literature tends to emphasize its victories and successes,while Canadian literature focuses more on defeat.

Studies of imaginal scanning suggest that visual images are very much like physical pictures or maps.

This is an actual participant who has agreed to participate in a research study, but is not aware that deception is being used to conceal the real purpose of the experiment.

A) confederate
B) actor
C) experimental subject
D) naïve subject

The fact that in many places in the world women have had to fight for the right to inherit provides evidence for which theoretical perspective on gender?

A) Functionalism
B) Conflict theory
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Post-structuralism