The amygdala is the part of the brain involved in the processing of reactions to fear. It makes sense, then, that people high in the __________ Big Five trait show more activity there.

A) neuroticism
B) conscientiousness
C) openness
D) extraversion

Expert systems typically contain all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A) a knowledge base
B) a set of inference rules
C) an answer key
D) a means of interacting with a human user

In classrooms where gender interacts with race, ________ get the most attention and ________ get the least attention.

A) White boys; minority boys
B) White boys and minority boys; White girls
C) White boys; minority girls
D) White boys; White girls

After someone learns a phobia to one object, the phobia sometimes spreads to other similar objects. The spread could be described as

A) backward conditioning.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) desensitization.
D) reaction formation.

Participants are faced with the following choice: Man (or Woman) A, who is extraordinarily good-looking and works as a server in a small restaurant with no further ambitions; or Man (or Woman) B, who is average looking, made a fortune selling an invention, and has outstanding prospects as a medical researcher. Who do participants choose?

A) women are evenly divided between A and B; men overwhelmingly choose A
B) women overwhelmingly choose B; men have a slight preference for A
C) women overwhelmingly choose A; men have a slight preference for B
D) women and men are both evenly divided between A and B

Imagining events can actually create false memories of those events.This is known as

A) the misinformation effect.
B) imagination inflation.
C) reconsolidation.
D) source amnesia.

Studies of college students' conscientiousness revealed only a modest relationship between a student being conscientious on one occasion and being similarly conscientious on another occasion. This should make psychologists more cautious about overestimating the impact of ________ on behavior.

A) personal control
B) personality traits
C) reciprocal determinism
D) possible selves

The type of correlational study that observes people on two or more occasions over time is a

A) cross-sectional study.
B) temporal study.
C) case study.
D) longitudinal study.

Which of the following characteristics seems to predict increased consistency of behavior?

A) high self-monitoring
B) neuroticism
C) preference for consistency
D) none of these attributes

A hormone is

A) a chemical secreted into the blood by a gland.
B) a brain structure below the hypothalamus.
C) a location in the brain where a specific memory is stored.
D) a neurotransmitter that crosses into the bloodstream.