Which of the following is most likely to foster stronger immune functioning?

A) an external locus of control
B) social support
C) a Type A personality
D) increased cortisol levels

If you were informed that the most appropriate test assessing Kim's intelligence was the WAIS-III,you would most accurately conclude that Kim was a(n)

A) preschooler.
B) second grader.
C) eighth grader.
D) adult.

Various research studies examining Diana Baumrind's parenting styles have found that

A) parenting styles cause certain behavior patterns in children.
B) characteristics of children contribute to parental responses.
C) parenting styles and characteristics of children may interact to establish the parent-child relationship.
D) the temperaments of parents and children always match because temperament is inherited.

Matteo is taking a psychology course taught by a professor who vigorously adopts a humanistic perspective. Which statement is Matteo likely to hear from his professor during the course of instruction?

A) "All human beings are inherently good."
B) "Life is a struggle to tame unconscious desires."
C) "Bad people do bad things, and good people do good things."
D) "Human beings are just a collection of pre-programmed responses."

What term do psychologists use for the phenomenon that occurs when people are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who are also potential helpers?

A) bystander effect
B) sole-witness effect
C) subtle aggressive effect
D) antisocial behavior effect

Fifteen-year-old Matt and his father are in an electronics store looking at video-game systems.Matt gives his father a complete breakdown of the pros and cons of each of the different video-game systems on display.According to research on encoding processes, Matt is able to accurately recall all this information because he

A) has shallowly processed this information.
B) has deeply processed this information.
C) has processed this information at an intermediate level.
D) used non-linguistic encoding processes.

Sonya's genital areas have become engorged with blood and her vagina is expanding and secreting lubricant,as her breast and nipples enlarge from her boyfriend's caresses and soft kisses.Sonya is in the

A) plateau phase.
B) resolution phase.
C) excitement phase.
D) orgasm.

The critical factor in state-dependent retrieval is the influence of:

A) a person's biological state at the time of studying.
B) external environmental cues in a particular context.
C) the person's mood at the time a memory is encoded and retrieved.
D) misinformation.

Right-hemisphere brain activity enables a split-brain patient's left hand to carry out instructions the patient cannot verbalize.This best illustrates the importance of

A) erogenous zones.
B) unconscious thought.
C) reaction formation.
D) the false consensus effect.