Alfred Adler and Karen Horney agreed with Freud on the notion that childhood is important.However,they believed that ________ tensions during this time were important for personality development.

A) sexual
B) aggressive
C) social
D) temperamental

Research finds that shy people deliberately keep conversations short and polite and avoid potentially controversial or embarrassing topics. Some researchers point to these findings to suggest that social anxiety is caused by excessive

A) fear of strangers.
B) fear of the unknown.
C) evaluation apprehension.
D) need for control.

Self-conscious emotions include all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A) contentment
B) embarrassment
C) empathy
D) guilt

Who among the following children is a victim of physical neglect?

A) Andrew, who regularly skips school four days a week but his parents do not correct him
B) Matthew, who is severely underweight because of his mother's failure to meet his food requirements
C) Carla, who is regularly punished by her teacher
D) Jasmine, who is a 12-year-old with a smoking problem like her father

According to Freud, in order to achieve healthy development, a child in the phallic stage must resolve the Oedipal complex and learn to the same-sex parent.

A) annoy
B) be fearful of
C) deceive
D) identify with

A therapeutic community can be distinguished from other therapeutic approaches by its emphasis on ______ as the primary vehicle for promoting social and psychological change.

A) social psychological factors
B) the community
C) the transition to the home environment
D) the inmate-therapist relationship

Approximately 7% of children are born preterm or low in birth weight. However, among multiple births, such as in the case of having twins, the risk of having a preterm child rises to at least

A) 10%.
B) 20%.
C) 50%.
D) 75%.

Dr. Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among college juniors in the United States. He should __________

A) give the survey to every college junior in the country.
B) remember that sample size is the most critical factor in survey research.
C) require students' names on each survey to avoid the tendency to lie.
D) draw a representative sample among college juniors.

Following damage to the __________, a rat eats meals at a normal frequency, but each individual meal is enormous. The rat acts as if it no longer feels the usual sensation of distention.

A) salivary cortex
B) hypothalamus
C) cerebellum
D) ventromedial hippocampus