Women often face situations in which they are "damned if they do, damned if they don't." These situations are called ________.

A) gender typing
B) neosexism
C) double binds
D) stereotype threats

Which of the following statements is true of individuals with Turner syndrome?

A) They are males with an XY chromosomal composition in the strictly genetic definition of sex.
B) They are born with an XO chromosomal composition.
C) They are highly likely to have problems with gender identity and gender typing.
D) They are females in whom the vagina, clitoris, and labia are absent.

Depressed people are usually less active and less productive; this state is considered a(n) _____ symptom.

The brain and the spinal cord make up the __________ nervous system.

A) central
B) peripheral
C) somatic
D) autonomic

Manipulation, curiosity, and exploration are all examples of stimulus motives.

An animal trainer is teaching a miniature poodle to balance on a ball.Initially,he gives the poodle a treat for approaching the ball,then only for placing its front paws on the ball,and finally only for climbing on the ball.The trainer is using the method of

A) successive approximations.
B) delayed reinforcement.
C) classical conditioning.
D) secondary reinforcement.

Different teams of researchers examining human personality traits have independently found evidence that there may, in fact, only be___________ such traits.

A) 3
B) 5
C) 12
D) 16

All of the following elements make up humanistic psychology EXCEPT

A) holistic.
B) value.
C) will.
D) spiritual.

One criticism of visual imagery research is that the studies ______.

A) may involve demand characteristics
B) may be too difficult for most people to perform
C) result in too many individual differences in performance
D) cannot be statistically tested

One of the problems associated with asthma is that once patients experience difficulty breathing, they often make their symptoms worse by concentrating on them and/or worrying about them. Consequently, many doctors include relaxation exercises as part of a treatment program to prevent patients from making their asthmatic reactions worse. This example of how our awareness of physiological changes can influence or even cause subsequent emotions is most supportive of which of the following theories of emotion?

A) Plutchik
B) Cannon-Bard
C) James-Lange
D) Yerkes-Dodson