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2901PsychologyMedium

Neurons are made up of dendrites, a soma and:

Aaxons

Baxles

Caxes

Datoms

Correct answer

A. axons

Explanation

The correct answer is axons.

2902PsychologyMedium

After living together for a year, Surriya and Fahim have decided to marry. Research on premarital cohabitation most strongly suggests that:

Amost of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively

Bbut their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce

Ctheir cohabitation will not influence the success of their marriage

Dthey have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple

Correct answer

B. but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce

Explanation

The correct answer is but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce.

2903PsychologyMedium

There is a genetic predisposition to the disease________in some people so it ends to run in families:

AAlzheimer’s disease

BParkinson’s disease

CNone of these

DEpilepsy

Correct answer

A. Alzheimer’s disease

Explanation

The correct answer is Alzheimer’s disease.

2904PsychologyMedium

All of the following were personality type theorists EXCEPT:

AMaslow

BEysenck

CGalen

DHippocrates

Correct answer

A. Maslow

Explanation

The correct answer is Maslow.

2905PsychologyMedium

The need for achievement has been measured by which personality test?

AThematic Apperception Test

BSentence Completion

CMMPI

DRorschach

Correct answer

A. Thematic Apperception Test

Explanation

The correct answer is Thematic Apperception Test.

2906PsychologyMedium

The best indicator of a person’s level of optimism is his or her:

Aideal self

Battributional style

Cgender identity

Dunconditional positive regard

Correct answer

B. attributional style

Explanation

The correct answer is attributional style.

2907PsychologyMedium

A carefully organized and completed case study includes data concerning family and social background, physical health and emotional and:

AEducational planning

BEducational Philosophy

CEducational development

DEducation experiment

Correct answer

C. Educational development

Explanation

The correct answer is Educational development.

2908PsychologyMedium

________schizophrenia usually involves delusions of persecution and grandeur.

ACatatonic

BUndifferentiated

CDisorganized

DParanoid

Correct answer

D. Paranoid

Explanation

The correct answer is Paranoid.

2909PsychologyMedium

What is the name of the person established the School of Individual Psychology?

ANone of these

BAnne Freud

CAdler

DJung

Correct answer

C. Adler

Explanation

The correct answer is Adler.

2910PsychologyMedium

Psychology has been defined by psychologists as ________?

AThe study of behavior

BThe science that studies behavior and mental process

CThe study of mental activity

DNone of these

EAll of these

Correct answer

B. The science that studies behavior and mental process

Explanation

The correct answer is The science that studies behavior and mental process.

After living together for a year, Surriya and Fahim have decided to marry. Research on premarital cohabitation most strongly suggests that:

Amost of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively

Bbut their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce

Ctheir cohabitation will not influence the success of their marriage

Dthey have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple

Correct answer

B. but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce

Explanation

The correct answer is but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce.