Multiple-Choice Questions   1) The main difficulty that occurs when students are too quick to decide what a problem asks is that they may A) activate an inappropriate schema. B) become too reflective. C) experience overgeneralization. D) rely on heuristics instead of algorithms to solve it.   2) You remember that, when you lost your billfold last semester, campus security found it for you. You […]

    81. Larry, a 10-year-old, first sees two identical glasses with water at the same level; then, the water from one of the short, wide glasses is poured into a taller, thinner glass. Larry will likely conclude that ________. a) there is more water in the taller, thinner glass b) there is more water in the shorter, wider glass c) there are equal amounts […]

61.The rapidness with which a person can execute a mental function and provide a specific response is called ________ speed. a.visuographicc.working b.psychomotord.cognitive 62.The universal finding with regard to changes in our reaction time as we age is that a.cognitive speed on crystallized tasks gets faster but cognitive speed on fluid tasks gets slower as people get older. b.cognitive speed on fluid tasks gets faster but […]

  Serious Management Problems: Violence and Aggression       113.In the case of a serious management problem, such as two students fighting, which of the following should be your immediate reaction? a.Stop the fight, if possible. b.Send a student to the main office for help. c.Go to the main office for help yourself. d.Wait for a moment to see if the students stop fighting, and […]

    41. Brian is shown a picture with two cows and four horses in it. When he is asked if there are more horses or animals in the picture, Brian replies that there are more animals. Brian is demonstrating the classification ability of A. class consciousness. B. demarcation. C. seriation. D. class inclusion.       42. Brent’s history teacher has asked him to […]

  21. Elizabeth has noticed that her roommate, Maureen, is often cranky. One night Elizabeth overhears Maureen yelling at someone over the telephone. Elizabeth concludes that Maureen is being her irritable self again and feels bad for the person she’s talking to. Elizabeth has made a(n) _____ attribution for Maureen’s behavior.  A. internal B. external C. differentiated D. unified 22. While at a club, Danielle asks an attractive man to dance. […]

  11.Mary is a middle-aged woman who has been convicted of two counts of sexual assault on her own five-year-old son. She has a history of childhood sexual abuse and prior to the sexual assaults she was living with an abusive male spouse. Mary would likely be classified as what type of female sex offender? a.family-only b.male-coerced c.predisposed d.teacher/lover e.borderline/dysphoric 12.Evolutionary theories of sexual offending […]

  81.Each time my nephew talks back to his mother, 10 minutes are deducted from his computer game time.   Of the following, the procedure being used by my sister is: a.negative reinforcement. b.presentation punishment. c.response cost. d.satiation.   82.Sheila, a junior in high school, is talking to her friend Ann on the phone. “Are you ready for Friday night’s game?” Ann asks her excitedly.  “I’m […]

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.Which author of The Prophet suggested that “work is love made visible?” a.Kahlil Gibranc.Aristotle b.Studs Terkeld.Dante Alighieri   2.What is the relationship between a person’s specific occupation and their need to derive meaning from their work? a.Specific occupation has no effect on one’s need to derive meaning from their work. b.People in white-collar occupations tend to work just for the pay, while people […]

    21. Walter’s parents strongly believe that Walter should make his own decisions, so they set very few rules regarding homework, bedtime, and household chores. Since they believe that freedom and responsibility are important, they patiently tolerate all of Walter’s behavior, whether childish or mature. The parenting style adopted by Walter’s parents is called:  A. authoritarian. B. permissive. C. authoritative. D. uninvolved.     22. Which of the following constructs […]