51. Tavis is in Piaget’s concrete operations stage of development. Accordingly, Tavis has recently learned to  A. understand, create, and use symbols that represent things that are not present. B. take in new information about objects by using existing schemas. C. understand conservation, add, subtract, and measure. D. engage in hypothetical thinking and abstract reasoning. 52. Recent studies suggest that many people have never developed beyond the stage of concrete […]

  81. What proportion of patients cannot say how long they are supposed to continue a course of prescribed medication?  A. 10% B. 20% C. 35% D. 50% 82. What proportion of patients cannot state the purpose of the medication prescribed for them?  A. 10% B. 25% C. 35% D. 50% 83. Which of the following is true of physicians’ communication with their patients?  A. There is no relation between the amount of physician-patient communication and the […]

What Is Development? 1.Of the following, what is the best definition of development? a.Changes that occur in human beings as they grow from infancy to adulthood b.The process of adjusting schemes to maintain a state of equilibrium c.Modifying environmental experience to fit existing schemes d.Physiological changes in an individual that result from genetic makeup 2. Which of the following is a principle of development? a.Development […]

  11.A similarity between Kohut’s self-psychology practitioners and the object relations therapists is that they both a.remain relatively passive in the therapeutic relationship. b.attempt to provide remedial nurturing and attachment experiences. c.view therapy as a short-term endeavor. d.all of the above 12.Relational psychodynamic psychotherapies a.stress the importance of early relationships. b.borrow heavily from psychoanalysis, ego-analysis, person-centered, and humanistic approaches. c.are often referred to as “two-person […]

    131. Car salespersons are notorious for using the ________ technique, which involves changing terms after an agreement has been made. a) foot-in-the-door b) foot-in-the-mouth c) door-in-the-face d) lowball 132. “Jeremy, can you possibly give me a ride to the airport this Sunday,” your friend Ben asks. Not thinking that this is a big deal, you agree to do this favor for Ben. “Oh, […]

    41. Which of the following statements accurately captures the relationship among the modules of long-term memory?  A. Episodic and semantic memory are both components of procedural memory. B. Episodic and semantic memory are both components of declarative memory. C. Declarative and semantic memory are both types of episodic memory. D. Declarative and semantic memory are both types of procedural memory     42. Activating one memory triggers the activation […]

  11. Johann has had a very stressful day. He woke up because of a truck that was loudly honking outside his house. While preparing his files, he got a deep paper cut in his finger. At work, his boss told him that he was fired. And when Johann returned to his car, he was physically assaulted by a stranger. Which of his experiences would best […]

    91. Unlike other research methods, experiments allow researchers to establish _____ relationships between variables.  A. cause-and-effect B. correlational C. predictive D. dependent 92. Experimenters who want to find the best explanation of a phenomenon among several rival hypotheses should  A. describe the correlation among the variables involved. B. conduct controlled research using experimental methods. C. conduct research in the real world instead of in a laboratory. D. continue observing the phenomenon of interest […]

    21) Which one of the following statements is true about milestones in early childhood language development? A) Woolfolk recommends avoiding the use of milestones because they can label and stereotype young children. B) There are no established milestones for bi-lingual children. C) One of the milestones frequently used in the number of words a child uses in a sentence. D) Milestones are not […]

  Use the following information for items 150-155.   Five students are working on a group presentation for their geography class. They are to present geographical factors that influence the politics and economies of countries in the Middle East. The following illustrates their thinking as they prepare to get together to work on the project. “My dad reads all the time,” Nile thinks. “He’s really […]