Samantha recently became blind and is learning to use her fingers to read in braille.The part of her brain that will be activated by touching the bumps on the page as she reads the braille is the ________ lobes.

A) frontal
B) parietal
C) temporal
D) occipital

Which early psychologist's work is the foundation for the concept of motivated forgetting

A)  Sigmund Freud 
B)  John Watson 
C)  Hermann Ebbinghaus 
D)  Wilhelm Wundt

Practical and integrative thinking actually tend to improve throughout most of adult life,but some abilities,such as _____________,may decline with age.

A) long-term memory
B) comprehension skills
C) speed of mental processes
D) reasoning

Which of the following is a concept?

A) Martha Stewart
B) Neptune
C) Egypt
D) furniture
E) Gone with the Wind

Kyle is possessed by the thought that he might develop a severe disease due to germs. He tries to put these disturbing thoughts out of his mind by washing his hands several times a day. Kyle demonstrates ____________.

A) illness anxiety disorder
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) dissociative identity disorder
D) post-traumatic stress disorder

Based on research discussed in the text comparing the importance of personality traits between individualistic and collectivistic countries, in which country would you expect there to be less research on personality traits and more research on social phenomena?

A) United States
B) New Zealand
C) China
D) Germany

Marilyn judges her professor's strict class attendance policy to be an indication of his overcontrolling personality rather than a necessity dictated by the limited number of class sessions in a course that meets only once a week.Her judgment best illustrates

A) cognitive dissonance.
B) a situational disposition.
C) peripheral route persuasion.
D) the fundamental attribution error.