In colleges and universities there are many different disciplinary language communities. When a professor from one discipline uses the same technical term as a professor from another discipline, it can be confusing to undergraduates who may not realize that the same word may mean different things in those two different academic language communities. This is why making a correct interpretation of what each professor means requires that the students learn ________.

A) how their words are used by the members of their language communities
B) how to file complaints with the dean that the faculty members are being unfair
C) how to ask the professors to stop using technical terminology
D) how to avoid taking courses except in one discipline at a time

Diamond argues that the term "bisexual" is probably more accurate than "nonexclusive" when describing those who find themselves sexually attracted to people of both sexes.

Marcella believes that negative events are temporary and specific, rather than lingering and global. What kind of explanatory style is she showing?

A) optimistic
B) pessimistic
C) self-actualized
D) efficacious

________ involves sexual arousal from fantasies,behaviors,or urges involving nonhuman objects,the suffering of others,and/or nonconsenting persons.

A) Paraphilia
B) Sexual dysfunction
C) Erectile disorder
D) HPV

According to the sociocultural approach, which of the following factors increases an individual's susceptibility to mental health problems?

A) Inability to attend college to obtain a higher degree due to financial problems
B) Living in a country that has been ravaged by war or struck by natural disaster
C) Social norms and policies that are liberal in their approach to minority groups
D) Growing up in neighborhoods where there is strong cohesion among neighbors

Ethnographic research focuses on

A) gathering detailed stories and then restorying them (e.g., to produce a biography)
B) gathering stories to find out what they have in common
C) formulating a theory of people's actions, interactions, and social processes
D) describing and interpreting shared values, beliefs, behaviors, and language