Sexual scripts operate at ________ levels.

A) societal, interactional, and individual
B) intimate, subjective, and objective
C) interpersonal and intrapersonal
D) sociocultural and cultural

How do abused children come to view other people?

A) as kind and nurturing,in contrast to their abuser's behavior
B) as hostile and ready to take advantage of them
C) as uninteresting and difficult to understand
D) as amusing and appealing

The study of the judgments people make as to whether someone else's behavior is due to something about that person or due to the person's situation is called ______.

A) the primacy effect
B) cognitive dissonance
C) attribution theory
D) stereotyping

After participants have been deliberately deceived in an experiment, ethical standards require that they be ____.

A) compensated
B) debriefed
C) allowed to withdraw consent
D) permitted to confront the experimenter

As people age, the incidence of alcohol abuse and other forms of substance abuse:

A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) remains the same.
D) frequently appears for the first time.

The tendency of the body to maintain a balanced internal state is called __________

A) arousal.
B) homeostasis.
C) drive.
D) biological motives.

In order to improve self-efficacy and achievement,one should set _________ goals.

A) specific
B) proximal
C) challenging
D) All of these.

To assess the effectiveness of the flu vaccine for county residents,Mr.McCallum wants to administer vaccine injections to all county residents rather than give half of them a placebo injection.Mr.McCallum is most clearly underestimating the importance of

A) testing a large sample.
B) operationally defining his procedures.
C) replicating observations of other researchers.
D) creating a control group.