Question 1

China has recently experienced a shortfall in ________ births,making it ________ likely that Chinese bachelors will be unable to find mates.

Accepted Answer

A)  female;less 
B)  male;less 
C)  female;more 
D)  male;more 
A)  female;less 
B)  male;less 
C)  female;more 
D)  male;more

Question 2

A shortage of women in China has contributed to all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  increased crime. 
B)  increased marriage rates. 
C)  increased prostitution. 
D)  increased trafficking of women. 
A)  increased crime. 
B)  increased marriage rates. 
C)  increased prostitution. 
D)  increased trafficking of women.

Question 3

When neurosurgeons activated an implanted electrode in the ________ of a mild-mannered woman,she began to strike the doctor.

Accepted Answer

A)  hypothalamus 
B)  frontal lobe 
C)  amygdala 
D)  hippocampus 
A)  hypothalamus 
B)  frontal lobe 
C)  amygdala 
D)  hippocampus

Question 4

Which of the following people is MOST likely to experience open discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stacey,who is a White woman 
B)  Mark,who is Catholic 
C)  Darleen,who is Hispanic 
D)  Erum,who is Muslim 
A)  Stacey,who is a White woman 
B)  Mark,who is Catholic 
C)  Darleen,who is Hispanic 
D)  Erum,who is Muslim

Question 5

People who have low MAOA gene expression have been identified as those who are most likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  form stereotypes. 
B)  engage in aggression. 
C)  experience hindsight bias. 
D)  stereotype. 
A)  form stereotypes. 
B)  engage in aggression. 
C)  experience hindsight bias. 
D)  stereotype.

Question 6

At a conscious level,Aaron doesn't think he's prejudiced.Yet he automatically feels uncomfortable in situations in which he has to interact with people of different races from his own.Aaron's experience best illustrates the distinction between

Accepted Answer

A)  blaming the victim and hindsight bias. 
B)  social scripts and scapegoat theory. 
C)  explicit and implicit attitudes. 
D)  social identities and ingroup bias. 
A)  blaming the victim and hindsight bias. 
B)  social scripts and scapegoat theory. 
C)  explicit and implicit attitudes. 
D)  social identities and ingroup bias.

Question 7

Samantha is from Texas,is Catholic,is married with two children,and is a university professor.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of one of her ingroups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texan 
B)  Catholicism 
C)  Wife 
D)  Attorney 
A)  Texan 
B)  Catholicism 
C)  Wife 
D)  Attorney

Question 8

Experimental participants randomly assigned to play a video game involving bloody murders and groaning victims became ________ hostile and ________ likely to blast intense noise at a fellow student.

Accepted Answer

A)  more;less 
B)  less;less 
C)  less;more 
D)  more;more 
A)  more;less 
B)  less;less 
C)  less;more 
D)  more;more

Question 9

Ty Ling was worried that something bad would happen to her daughter if she went away to college.When her daughter called and told her that her computer had been stolen,Ty Ling said,"I knew something bad would happen if you left home for college." Ty Ling's comments illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)  scapegoating. 
B)  the other-race effect. 
C)  the just-world phenomenon. 
D)  hindsight bias. 
A)  scapegoating. 
B)  the other-race effect. 
C)  the just-world phenomenon. 
D)  hindsight bias.

Question 10

John believes that African-American males commit more violent crime.In his view,this justifies the police shooting of unarmed African-American men.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  the blame-the-victim dynamic. 
B)  discrimination. 
C)  a stereotype. 
D)  implicit prejudice. 
A)  the blame-the-victim dynamic. 
B)  discrimination. 
C)  a stereotype. 
D)  implicit prejudice.

Question 11

Which of the following individuals is LEAST likely to respond with violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tyree,who has a much higher-than-average level of testosterone. 
B)  Juan,who has been drinking,is stuck in a subway train that has a very foul odor. 
C)  Irene,who is sitting on her screen porch doing a very difficult crossword puzzle. 
D)  Thomas,who has a history of violent behavior and feels he has been insulted by his employer. 
A)  Tyree,who has a much higher-than-average level of testosterone. 
B)  Juan,who has been drinking,is stuck in a subway train that has a very foul odor. 
C)  Irene,who is sitting on her screen porch doing a very difficult crossword puzzle. 
D)  Thomas,who has a history of violent behavior and feels he has been insulted by his employer.

Exam 43: Modifying Illness-Related Behaviors

China has recently experienced a shortfall in ________ births,making it ________ likely that Chinese bachelors will be unable to find mates.

A shortage of women in China has contributed to all of the following except

When neurosurgeons activated an implanted electrode in the ________ of a mild-mannered woman,she began to strike the doctor.

Which of the following people is MOST likely to experience open discrimination?

People who have low MAOA gene expression have been identified as those who are most likely to

At a conscious level,Aaron doesn't think he's prejudiced.Yet he automatically feels uncomfortable in situations in which he has to interact with people of different races from his own.Aaron's experience best illustrates the distinction between

Samantha is from Texas,is Catholic,is married with two children,and is a university professor.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of one of her ingroups?

Experimental participants randomly assigned to play a video game involving bloody murders and groaning victims became ________ hostile and ________ likely to blast intense noise at a fellow student.

Ty Ling was worried that something bad would happen to her daughter if she went away to college.When her daughter called and told her that her computer had been stolen,Ty Ling said,"I knew something bad would happen if you left home for college." Ty Ling's comments illustrate

John believes that African-American males commit more violent crime.In his view,this justifies the police shooting of unarmed African-American men.This is an example of

Which of the following individuals is LEAST likely to respond with violence?

The History and Scope of Psychology

Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

Neural and Hormonal Systems

The Brain

Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology

Environmental Influences on Behavior, and Reflections on Nature and Nurture

Prenatal Development and the Newborn

Infancy and Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues

Introduction to Sensation and Perception

Vision

Hearing

Other Senses

Perceptual Organization

Perceptual Interpretation

Waking and Sleeping Rhythms

Hypnosis

Drugs and Consciousness

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Learning by Observation

Introduction to Memory

Encoding: Getting Information In

Storage: Retaining Information

Retrieval: Getting Information Out

Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Applying Memory Principles to Your Own Education

Thinking

Language and Thought

Introduction to Intelligence

Assessing Intelligence

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Introduction to Motivation

Hunger

Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong

Motivation at Work

Introduction to Emotion

Experienced Emotion

Expressed Emotion

Stress and Illness

Coping With Stress

Psychoanalytic Perspective

Humanistic Perspective

Contemporary Research on Personality

Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Dissociative and Personality Disorders

Mood Disorders

Schizophrenia

The Psychological Therapies

Evaluating Psychotherapies

The Biomedical Therapies

Social Thinking

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