Sherrilyn and Pat plan to use the Lamaze technique during birthing. During practice, Sherrilyn will be taught how to relax so that while giving birth she

A) can conserve energy.
B) will not use drugs for pain.
C) can reduce contractions.
D) will not use drugs for pain and can reduce contractions.

Skinner believed that respondent behavior

A) produces a change in the organism's environment.
B) must occur before reinforcement can occur.
C) is emitted in the absence of a stimulus.
D) does not account for most human behavior.

According to Jung, our repressed thoughts, undeveloped ideas, and forgotten experiences are contained in the ____________________.

A) persona
B) archetype
C) personal unconscious
D) collective unconscious

According to the James-Lange theory of emotions,

A) you feel an emotion, then you act.
B) you act, then you feel the emotion.
C) you act, then you appraise the situation
D) you feel an emotion, act, and appraise the situation simultaneously.

A research study concluded that high-performing executives added an average of ____ to the value of their company, as compared with average performers. ​

A) $10 million
B) $14 million
C) $25 million
D) $40 million

In exploring human behavior,contemporary psychologists rely most heavily on

A) introspection.
B) psychoanalysis.
C) natural selection.
D) scientific methods.

Schachter and Singer proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _____ and _____.

A) physical arousal; fight or flight
B) cognition; behavior
C) physical arousal; labeling
D) behavior; physical arousal