A hypothesis is described by nonscientists  as a(n) ____.

A) worldview
B) educated guess
C) random guess
D) post-hoc explanation

Julie has a fear of riding in elevators. She is seeing a therapist who asks her to construct a hierarchy of her fears related to riding in elevators. In addition, her therapist is teaching her to relax while imagining each fear in the hierarchy. Julie's therapist is using __________.

A) person-centered therapy
B) rational emotive therapy
C) systematic desensitization
D) cognitive consistency therapy

_____ experience greater stress than _____ in response to a major personal injury or illness, a major change in work responsibilities, or a major change in living conditions.

A) Non-Hispanic white Americans; African Americans
B) Non-Hispanic white Americans; Hispanic Americans
C) African Americans; non-Hispanic white Americans
D) Hispanic Americans; African Americans

What is Robert's attitude according to Jungian theory? Provide evidence for your answer.

A psychologist develops a test to measure individual differences in social anxiety. She obtains social anxiety scores from a large group of participants, and then tries to predict how those scoring high on the test will act in a social situation as compared to those scoring low. This psychologist would probably be identified with which approach to personality?

A) Psychoanalytic
B) Trait
C) Humanistic
D) Behavioral/social learning

Developmental psychologists study physical,cognitive,and ________ changes throughout the human life cycle.

A) cross-sectional
B) embryonic
C) genetic
D) social