71. One criterion of post-formal thought proposed by Sinnott is A. the need to think in the abstract at all times. B. the awareness that problems have more than one solution. C. reliance on others to judge one’s logic and provide strategies. D. denying that a problem or solution may involve a conflict.       72. Exposed to marital conflict, it would […]

  MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.Assessment is a.the administering of tests of intelligence and personality. b.only performed by qualified clinical psychologists. c.is the collection and synthesis of information to reach a judgment. d.all of the above 2.Which of the following best describes the unique characteristics of the types of assessment in which clinical psychologists engage? a.Since it is the dominant activity for clinical psychologists, they are considered […]

  81. The adverse effects of nicotine exposure are  A. limited to exposure in the first trimester after conception. B. restricted to those cases where the mother smokes actively. C. linked to secondhand smoke or passive smoking by the mother. D. limited to minor symptoms like common cold and bear no impact on long-term development. 82. Which of the following is a desirable paternal factor in prenatal development?  A. Low levels of […]

  11. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory posits that the superego consists of _____. A) information that we have in mind at any given moment in time. B) the demand for instant gratification without regard to social rules or customs. C) primitive sexual and aggressive impulses, memories of troubling emotional experiences, and unacceptable wishes or ideas. D) information that can be retrieved from memory and brought into […]

  61.  Zelma is asked to think of all the words beginning with the letters “squ,” such as squeak. She is then given a fill-in-the-blank task where one of the items is “s _ _ o n g.” Zelma keeps trying to make “squong” a word, and she has trouble thinking of the common word “strong.” Zelma’s ability to solve this problem has been hampered […]

Multiple Choice Questions   1. _____ psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes, including thinking, language, memory, problem solving, knowing, reasoning, and judging.  A. Clinical B. Developmental C. Cognitive D. Evolutionary 2. Which of the following is true about mental images?  A. They refer only to visual representations. B. They have only a few of the properties of the actual stimuli they represent. C. They are […]

  91. An IQ score of 100 or less on the latest version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III) is achieved by about _____ percent of the test takers in any particular age group.  A. 35 B. 50 C. 75 D. 95 92. Doogie is a ten-year-old who has the mental age of an eight-year-old. According to the latest techniques for calculating IQ, what is Doogie’s IQ?  A. 80; he has […]

51.One of the most important factors for predicting who is at greater risk of being a victim of sexual violence is a.drug and alcohol use.c.an absence of religious involvement. b.early pubertal development.d.poor academic achievement. 52.Research has found that females who adhere more to traditional gender stereotypes may be at increased risk for dating violence victimization. Why is this? a.Because media portrayals of women who are […]

  31.In client-centered therapy, the therapist demonstrates empathy when s/he A)completely accepts the client. B)can distinguish between latent and manifest dream content. C)accurately mirrors the client’s experiences and feelings. D)maintains a direct, problem-solving focus during therapy. E)genuinely demonstrates her/his feelings during therapy. 32.Randall Thurman is a client-centered therapist. Thurman has worked very hard on his ability to express his true feelings during the therapy session. […]

  91.Sexual orientation is best described A)by the concept of gender roles. B)in terms of the gender of one’s sexual partner. C)the sense we have of our maleness or femaleness.. D)sexual attraction to members of one’s own or the other sex. E)the direction of one’s gender identity. 92.Contemporary research on sexuality in the United States and Europe has found all but which of the following? […]