____ is the tendency for shared or jointly owned resources to be squandered and not used in an optimal or advantageous fashion.

A) The resource trap
B) Social loafing
C) The commons dilemma
D) The bad apple effect

The apparent narrowing of a river as it flows directly away from you into the distance best illustrates the depth cue known as

A) interposition.
B) closure.
C) relative motion.
D) linear perspective.

Psychopharmacology involves the study of how

A) diseases influence psychological well-being.
B) exercise alleviates depression.
C) drugs affect mind and behavior.
D) psychosurgery and ECT influence emotions.

Stanley Milgram's shock experiment illustrates the phenomenon of

A) conformity.
B) compliance.
C) obedience.
D) resistance.

Reduced feelings of tension following aggressive outbursts are most likely to contribute to

A) a Type B personality.
B) the tend-and-befriend response.
C) the general adaptation syndrome.
D) the reinforcement of aggression.

Peter Berger believes that the sociological perspective is the

A) ability to understand the dynamic relationship between individual lives and the larger society.
B) ability to see the differences between personal troubles and social issues.
C) ability to see the strange in the familiar and the general in the particular.
D) the systematic study of human interactions.