________ is to ________ as nature is to nurture.

A) Gender; sex
B) Sex; gender
C) Gender-typing; gender
D) Sex-typing; sex

Which of the following best explains why communities with greater income inequality also tend to be communities with less happiness?

A) the feel-good,do-good phenomenon
B) the adaptation-level phenomenon
C) the do-good,feel-good phenomenon
D) the relative deprivation principle

Studies suggest that when given negative feedback by teachers,girls tend to attribute their failure to ______,whereas boys attribute their failure to ______.

A) lack of ability;fussy grading or lack of effort
B) lack of effort;lack of ability
C) fussy grading;lack of effort
D) fussy grading;lack of ability

According to Freud,there is a(n) _____ instinct and a(n) ______ instinct in all of us.

A) mood/inhibition
B) ego/id
C) death/life
D) avoidant/passive

Research indicates that mortality salience:

A) increases donations to valued charities.
B) makes people less willing to help others.
C) increases anxiety about helping others.
D) decreases donations to valued charities.

The ability to simultaneously recognize the color,shape,size,and speed of an oncoming automobile best illustrates

A) afterimages.
B) parallel processing.
C) opponent processes.
D) blindsight.

Surveys of highly successful therapists have reported that these therapists consistently try to promote self-mastery in their clients. From this finding, one can conclude that this technique:

A) should be incorporated into all treatment approaches for all disorders.
B) may help promote successful therapy outcomes in clients.
C) should be included in the treatment for specific disorders.
D) is a significant contributor to client improvement.

The control of conditioned responses by cues or stimuli in the environment is known as ________.

A) response control
B) stimulus control
C) stimulus generalization
D) response cost

Which of the following involves getting someone to commit to a seemingly attractive proposition before its hidden costs are revealed

A)  highball technique
B)  door-in-the-face technique 
C)  lowball technique
D)  foot-in-the-door technique