Sending an explicit sexual message via cell phone is referred to as texting.

A slippery slope argument is defined as an argument that attempts to:

A) persuade another person without giving any real evidence at all
B) defend an unpopular, immoral, or vulgar idea by showing that its acceptance by society is unavoidable
C) prove something that cannot really be proven
D) show that something is desirable for itself, and not for something beyond itself
E) show that something ought to be avoided, since it will lead to a series of further consequences, with the final outcome being undesirable

Skinner's assessment techniques include

A) free association.
B) dream analysis.
C) projective techniques.
D) laboratory experiments.

Verbal reports provide the most accurate cues to emotional states.

Research by Chess and Thomas has indicated that the temperaments of most children are

A) easy.
B) difficult.
C) securely attached.
D) not able to be placed in a specific category of temperament.

Which of the following is a fundamental tenet of nativist belief?

A) We are all born in a state of tabula rasa.
B) Some individuals enter life with a tabula rasa; others do not.
C) Some basic categories of human knowledge, such as time, space, and causality, are present at birth.
D) All knowledge is acquired through the senses.