When researchers have participants report what they are doing at random times on the day using their cell phones, they are measuring __________.

A) behavior
B) the quality of relationships
C) physiology
D) social desirability

Orlando is thirteen years old and has begun to take an interest in the presidential election. He and his father watch the news coverage and discuss the basic political philosophies of each of the candidates. Orlando has reached Piaget's stage of __________

A) concrete operations.
B) formal operations.
C) post operational thought.
D) pseudo operational thought.

A patient might complain of hearing voices that tell him to harm himself, yet comfortably sit and watch a football game in the dayroom. This underscores the fact that __________.

A) mental disorder is not inherited
B) voices are almost always mild in nature
C) patients rarely listen to their "voices"
D) symptoms do not always correspond to signs

________ is a personality trait characterized by hyperreactivity to stress and poor coping skills.

A) Extraversion
B) Neuroticism
C) Psychoticism
D) Introversion

When faced with an ever-increasing number of consumer product choices,people often experience the discomfort of

A) self-serving bias.
B) the false consensus effect.
C) information overload.
D) the spotlight effect.

Rather than bargaining with her partner until a compromise was hammered out about which one of them had to stay late to complete the paperwork, Judy, a police officer, preferred to approach disagreements with her partner using ______________ negotiation.