A friend majoring in anthropology is critical of psychological research because it often ignores the influence of culture on thoughts and actions. You point out that

A) there is very little evidence that cultural diversity has a significant effect on specific behaviors and attitudes.
B) most researchers assign participants to experimental and control conditions in such a way as to fairly represent the cultural diversity of the population under study.
C) it is impossible for psychologists to control for every possible variable that might influence research participants.
D) even when specific thoughts and actions vary across cultures,as they often do,the underlying processes are much the same.

Other children are often sympathetic toward bully-victims.

The adolescent search for identity is important due to

A) their huge number of choices.
B) an increased sense of responsibility.
C) the search for what they will do.
D) All of the above

Hangover symptoms such as upset stomach, fatigue, headache, and thirst can be remedied by

A) vegetable juice.
B) rest and time.
C) coffee and cigarettes.
D) more alcohol.
E) a bowl of cereal.

Psychics who have worked with police departments in an effort to solve difficult crimes have demonstrated the value of

A) clairvoyance.
B) telepathy.
C) precognition.
D) none of these things.

A famous essay by political scientist _____ proposed that power is linked to belongingness as well.

Projection refers to the process by which people

A) consciously express feelings that are the opposite of underlying unconscious impulses.
B) disguise unacceptable unconscious impulses by attributing them to others.
C) retreat to behavior patterns characteristic of a more infantile stage of development.
D) offer self-justifying explanations in place of real,but unacceptable,unconscious reasons for action.