The DSM-5 requires clinicians to include severity as part of a proper diagnosis. This is considered _____ information.

Research with subliminally flashed stimuli supports Robert Zajonc's view that

A) the heart is always subject to the mind.
B) emotional reactions involve deliberate rational thinking.
C) cognition is not necessary for emotion.
D) responding to a subliminal stimulus is a learned skill.

In relation to personality psychology, developmental psychologists might be particularly interested in __________.

A) how people's personalities change as they grow older
B) the extent to which unconscious processes drive observable behavior
C) the relationship between personality traits and mental health
D) how personality can be influenced and determined by brain activity

Chris is a master of confronting people with whom he disagrees. One of his favorite techniques is to pick the weakest of his opponent's reasons and then to refute it. He thinks that by doing that he has shown that his opponent's claims are mistaken. By using this tactic Chris is actually engaging in __________.

A) an appeal to emotion
B) a straw man fallacy
C) the bandwagon fallacy
D) circular reasoning
E) an ad hominem attack

Which of the following is true of the "rest cure" that was used as the standard treatment for nervous disorders in the mid-nineteenth century?

A) The patient was isolated from his or her family and friends.
B) The patient was confined to bed.
C) The patient was "punished" for enjoying being ill.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Which of the following terms means "without oxygen?"

A) Toxemia
B) Anoxia
C) Plastemia
D) Hypoxia

What is the best description of the role that testosterone plays in personality?

A) It acts as a direct cause of frustration.
B) It acts as an energizing factor that accentuates existing behavioral tendencies.
C) It acts as a dampening factor that reduces existing behavioral tendencies.
D) It seems to directly influence levels of agreeableness in men but not in women.