The specialization of the functioning of the two halves of the brain is called:

A) lateralization.
B) linearization.
C) equalization.
D) disequilibrium.

Research on conflict in married individuals has shown that high rates of hostile behaviour during stressful interactions coincide with:

A) increased release of the stress-related neurotransmitter GABA.
B) suppression of the cardiovascular system.
C) elevated epinephrine, norepinephrine and ACTH levels.
D) suppressed blood pressure response.
E) reductions in testosterone.

One theory about grief and mourning after the loss of a loved one is that bereaved individuals eventually reorganize their grief,discovering ways to hold on to the memory of the deceased and integrate that memory into their current life and new attachments.This idea is attributable to the work of

A) Freud.
B) Kubler-Ross.
C) Dame Cicely Saunders.
D) Bowlby.

Which of the following is an advantage of conducting psychological research in a laboratory?

A) It is easy to conduct laboratory research without subjects knowing that they are being observed.
B) A laboratory setting is close to the real world and therefore causes subjects to behave naturally.
C) A laboratory is a controlled setting with many of the potential confounding factors of the real world removed.
D) It is possible to study all aspects of the mind and behavior in a laboratory.

Helena, a 70-year-old woman, is going through gradual age-related physical decline. She has accepted these changes as unavoidable. To make up for the losses in physical capabilities, Helena focuses on honing her mental skills. She is reviving her hobby of composing poems and stories for her grandchildren. Helena's scenario illustrates _____.

A) an incoherent and self-contradictory life review
B) ego preoccupation and body preoccupation
C) body transcendence versus body preoccupation
D) withdrawal from society by the aging individual

Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened is the sequence of events postulated by ________ theory.

A) Plutchik's
B) the James-Lange
C) the Cannon-Bard
D) Schachter and Singer's