Anderson & Leaper (1998) found that men make a larger proportion of intrusive interruptions in

A) the laboratory than in unstructured and naturalistic settings.
B) unstructured and naturalistic settings than in the laboratory.
C) unstructured settings and the laboratory than in naturalistic settings.
D) the laboratory and naturalistic settings than in unstructured settings.

The endowment effect refers to the finding that ____.

A) items gain in value to the person who owns them
B) natural talent are more positively regarded than skills one has worked hard to acquire
C) simply thinking about a word in connection with the self leads to better memory
D) most major skills and traits are fixed at birth and cannot be acquired through hard work

When Wendy first started trying to eat healthier it felt like she was a "dieter." She was constantly thinking about how to eat healthy.After several months of successfully opting to eat nutritious food as opposed to her old fast-food favorites, Wendy does not feel like a dieter anymore.She no longer has to consciously think about trying to eat healthy foods; rather, her new lifestyle has become a part of who she is.Wendy is in which of the following stages of change?

A) preparation/determination
B) maintenance
C) action/willpower
D) contemplation

Wayne tends to suffer from chronic pessimism, is hypersensitive to rejection, worries obsessively, and is prone to sudden bursts of irrational anger. He is exhibiting the symptoms of

A) high norepinephrine levels.
B) serotonin depletion.
C) hormonal imbalance.
D) low dopamine levels.

Where are IQ tests least likely to be used

A)  Britain 
B)  France 
C)  China 
D)  Australia

In Seligman's terms,people who believe they are in control are pessimistic rather than optimistic.

A patient suffers from damage to the pathway between his occipital cortex and his parietal cortex. What task will he most likely have difficulty with?

A) identifying an object
B) reaching for an object
C) seeing an object
D) maintaining an appropriate emotional response

Systematic desensitization is a therapy method used in treating phobias that involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object.

According to this theory, sleep is a means of protecting ourselves from predators.

A) restorative theory
B) evolutionary theory
C) psychoanalytic theory
D) dream theory