Professor Stevens has found that students who tend to sit at the front of the classroom often perform better on class assessments.Based on his observations,he can say which of the following?

A) Students who sit at the front of the class are more motivated to learn.
B) Students who sit at the back of the class are lazy.
C) Sitting in the front of the class is correlated with higher grades.
D) Sitting in the front of the class causes higher grades on class assessments.

The central nervous system consists of ______.

A) the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions
B) the brain and spinal cord
C) muscles and glands
D) sense organs and sensory neurons

Studies on exam cheating have revealed that cheats:

A) respond mostly to situational cues.
B) have defective personalities.
C) are nearly always caught.
D) are heading for a life of crime.

Scout loves tortoises and often seeks out opportunities to see them or read about them.Scout is experiencing ______________.

A) An affect
B) An emotion
C) A sentiment
D) A mood

The example in the text about the word person and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that corporations are persons reinforces the idea that ________.

A) people are biological
B) corporations are immortal
C) meaning matters
D) what person means is not all that important

Brad is a college freshman and has three finals scheduled on the same day,which is causing him high levels of stress.How is Brad likely to cope with his stress?

A) Problem-focused coping
B) Emotion-focused coping
C) Avoidance-focused coping
D) All of these

To explain depression, trait theorists would most likely focus on

A) identifying people with a stable tendency toward depressive symptoms.
B) the genetic susceptibility individuals have toward depression.
C) the unconscious feelings of anger within people.
D) how people interpret a world that seems uncontrollable.