Writers Den

QUESTION 81

1. A manipulative, callous individual with no apparent conscience might be diagnosed with _____ personality disorder.
   

   schizotypal

   narcissistic

   psychopathic

   antisocial

1 points

QUESTION 82

1. Eva arrives home in her driveway before she knows it. She completely forgot to run an errand along her route. Eva’s experience BEST illustrates:
   

   inattentional blindness.

   sensory adaptation.

   automatic processing.

   selective attention.

1 points

QUESTION 83

1. Higher order conditioning involves forming an association between:
   

   a new neutral stimulus and a conditioned stimulus.

   a conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.

   a new neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.

   two unconditioned stimuli.

1 points

QUESTION 84

1. A true “drama queen” may well have ______ personality disorder.
   

   narcissistic

   schizoid

   avoidant

   histrionic

1 points

QUESTION 85

1. Cognitive dissonance was first investigated by:
   

   Asch.

   Diener.

   Milgram.

   Festinger.

1 points

QUESTION 86

1. Developmental psychology investigates:
   

   physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes across the lifespan.

   how behavior changes as a result of experience.

   how people solve problems and adapt to the environment

   how information is coded, stored, and used.

1 points

QUESTION 87

1. A drive is a:
   

   state of tension that activates behavior to satisfy a goal.

   complex behavior that is innate and universal.

   physiological tendency to maintain a constant internal state.

   behavior motivated entirely by external consequences.

1 points

QUESTION 88

1. Blanche is extremely interested in politics and believes an upcoming election is very important to the future. Blanche would most likely be persuaded by a campaign message relying on the ________ route to persuasion.
   

   primary

   secondary

   central

   peripheral

1 points

QUESTION 89

1. Biomedical therapies do NOT include:
   

   electroconvulsive therapy.

   psychopharmacology.

   behavior therapy.

   neurosurgery.

1 points

QUESTION 90

1. The correlational method is aimed at:
   

   examining a single individual in great detail.

   examining relationships among variables.

   collecting data through interviews or questionnaires.

   verifying cause-and-effect relationships between variables.