As they become mothers, women

A) have no problem assimilating their new identity as mothers into their previous identities.
B) may struggle with their new identity as mothers and the loss of their old identities.
C) prefer substituting the identity of mother for previous identities.
D) prefer to deny that they have the new identity of mother.

The usual age of onset and diagnosis for schizophrenia is

A) 5-15.
B) 20-30.
C) 30-45.
D) 40 or later.

Researchers have used electronically activated records to discover all of the following are true EXCEPT that

A) extroverts talk more.
B) conscientious people attend class more often.
C) people high in openness to experience spend more time in bars.
D) agreeable people swear more.

The maternal relatives of homosexual men produce ________ offspring than the maternal relatives of heterosexual men,and male homosexuality is more likely to be transmitted by genes from the ________ side of the family.

A) more; mother's
B) fewer; father's
C) fewer; mother's
D) more; father's

The fact that the correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is lower than that between identical twins reared together suggests that

A) environmental factors can have an influence on intellectual development.
B) environmental factors have no impact on intellectual development.
C) genetic factors have no impact on intellectual development.
D) identical twins often do not have the same genotype.

In group treatment, the therapist's responsibilities include selecting participants, setting goals for the group, initiating and maintaining the therapeutic process and protecting clients from harm.

In the story Alice in Wonderland, the dodo bird declares at the end of a race, "Everyone has won and all must have prizes." The "dodo bird verdict" has been offered to describe the relative effectiveness of different forms of psychotherapy, best summarized as __________.

A) only therapies that deal with the underlying cause of the problem can be effective
B) clients who come to a therapist with a hostile attitude are less likely to be helped than those who come with a positive attitude
C) the differences between the effectiveness of various psychotherapies are very slight or nonexistent
D) therapies that force the client to confront personal problems are the most effective

I am a rat whose cortex is lighter and thinner than my littermates. What happened to me?

A) You were born prematurely.
B) You suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome.
C) You were raised in an enriched environment.
D) You were raised in a deprived environment.

Jasmine often requires her friends' approval when she buys new outfits. Her need is an example of a(n) __________ drive.

A) primary
B) acquired (secondary)
C) innate
D) instinctive

Psychologists' personal values and goals

A) are carefully tested by means of observation and experimentation.
B) lead them to avoid experiments involving human participants.
C) can bias their observations and interpretations.
D) have very little influence on the process of scientific observation.