Preschool girls _______.

A) engage in more rough-and-tumble play and are more aggressive than boys.
B) tend to show more empathy and report more fears than boys.
C) show somewhat lesser verbal ability than boys.
D) show somewhat greater visual-spatial ability than boys.

Psychologists from the _____ school of thought believe that a child's personality is "created" or largely determined by his or her parents.

Laws and court rulings have established that a psychotherapist has a "duty to warn" or otherwise to prevent a crime if there is reason to believe that a client might commit an act of violence. In general, this means that the therapist should

A) commit the client to a mental hospital.
B) report the person to the police.
C) report the person to the employer.
D) warn the endangered person.

Although instincts cannot explain most human motives,the underlying assumption that genes predispose some species-typical behaviors continues in

A) evolutionary psychology.
B) the Yerkes-Dodson law.
C) arousal theory.
D) drive-reduction theory.

On a television series,a character is represented as outspoken and difficult to get along with because of a negative approach to life.This character is most likely to be a

A) black man.
B) white woman.
C) black woman.
D) white man.

The normal curve would represent the distribution of

A) the American population in terms of gender.
B) American schoolchildren in terms of their ages.
C) American women in terms of their physical heights.
D) all of these groups.