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1841PsychologyMedium

Smoking during pregnancy is associated with ________?

AHigh intelligence in the fetus, since the fetus must be clever to keep the cigarette burning

BLow birth weight

CBoth B and C

DHigh mortality

Correct answer

C. Both B and C

Explanation

The correct answer is Both B and C.

1842PsychologyMedium

By which of the following properties of near and distant objects does motion parallax enable a person to judge distance?

Atexture gradient

Brelative closure

Crelative movement

DNone of these

Correct answer

C. relative movement

Explanation

The correct answer is relative movement.

1843PsychologyMedium

A representative sample is an essential element of the:

Apsychoanalytic method

Bclinical method

Cnatural experiment or case study

Dsurvey method

Correct answer

D. survey method

Explanation

The correct answer is survey method.

1844PsychologyMedium

Of the following, who is associated with the gestalt school of psychology?

AB.F. Skinner

BJohn Watson

CMax Wertheimer

DIvan Pavlov

Correct answer

C. Max Wertheimer

Explanation

The correct answer is Max Wertheimer.

1845PsychologyMedium

Enduring dimensions of personality characteristics differentiating people from another is called ________?_

AFactor analysis

BNone of these

CDeterminism

DTrait

Correct answer

D. Trait

Explanation

The correct answer is Trait.

1846PsychologyMedium

The structuralist school of psychology:

Aused dream analysis to reveal the unconscious

Bwas concerned with experiences as “wholes”

Cused introspection to analyze conscious experience

Drelied heavily on the concept of natural selection

Correct answer

C. used introspection to analyze conscious experience

Explanation

The correct answer is used introspection to analyze conscious experience.

1847PsychologyMedium

What is “co – consciousness”?

AWhen other personalities conspire against the host

BWhen all the personalities are aware of each other

CWhen the host and the dominant personality degree

DWhen two personalities rule the body at the same time

Correct answer

B. When all the personalities are aware of each other

Explanation

The correct answer is When all the personalities are aware of each other.

1848PsychologyMedium

The measured difference in IQ between African Americans and white Americans is most likely to be due to which one of the following factors?

ABias in testing.

BLack of effort.

CEnvironmental differences.

DGenetics.

Correct answer

C. Environmental differences.

Explanation

The correct answer is Environmental differences..

1849PsychologyMedium

One difficulty with a purely attributional explanation of depression is that negative attributions:

Aare more characteristics of men than of women

Bhave little effect on people’s feelings of self-worth

Care more clearly associated with mania than with depression

Dmay be a consequence rather than a cause of depression

Correct answer

D. may be a consequence rather than a cause of depression

Explanation

The correct answer is may be a consequence rather than a cause of depression.

1850PsychologyMedium

In a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms and self – injurious acts, which of the following would not be observed?

ASevere psychomotor retardation

BAuto enucleation

CAuditory hallucinations

DIntellectual disorganization

Correct answer

D. Intellectual disorganization

Explanation

The correct answer is Intellectual disorganization.

The structuralist school of psychology:

Aused dream analysis to reveal the unconscious

Bwas concerned with experiences as “wholes”

Cused introspection to analyze conscious experience

Drelied heavily on the concept of natural selection

Correct answer

C. used introspection to analyze conscious experience

Explanation

The correct answer is used introspection to analyze conscious experience.

What is “co – consciousness”?

AWhen other personalities conspire against the host

BWhen all the personalities are aware of each other

CWhen the host and the dominant personality degree

DWhen two personalities rule the body at the same time

Correct answer

B. When all the personalities are aware of each other

Explanation

The correct answer is When all the personalities are aware of each other.

One difficulty with a purely attributional explanation of depression is that negative attributions:

Aare more characteristics of men than of women

Bhave little effect on people’s feelings of self-worth

Care more clearly associated with mania than with depression

Dmay be a consequence rather than a cause of depression

Correct answer

D. may be a consequence rather than a cause of depression

Explanation

The correct answer is may be a consequence rather than a cause of depression.