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3171PsychologyMedium

One of the symptoms in Addison’s disease is:

ASpotting of skin

BAll of the above

CDarkening of skin

DWhitening of skin

Correct answer

C. Darkening of skin

Explanation

The correct answer is Darkening of skin.

3172PsychologyMedium

The myelin sheath serves to ________?

Adecrease the speed of natural transmission

Bbreak down epinephrine

Cincrease the speed of natural transmission

Dbypass the nodes of Ranvier

Correct answer

C. increase the speed of natural transmission

Explanation

The correct answer is increase the speed of natural transmission.

3173PsychologyMedium

A person who has an extreme lack of self – confidence and who allows others to run his or her life is said to have a(n)________personality.

Aparanoid

Bantisocial

Cdependent

Dnarcissistic

Correct answer

C. dependent

Explanation

The correct answer is dependent.

3174PsychologyMedium

A morpheme may best be defined as ________?

Aa single word used to convey a complex idea

Bthe smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning

Can orderly arrangement of words in a syntactical sequence

Dthe meaning of a word in any given context

Correct answer

B. the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning

Explanation

The correct answer is the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning.

3175PsychologyMedium

________educational practices are based upon formulated psychological principles that evolve from the application of scientific methods to the problems of human development and learning:

ASystematic

BBasic

CSuccessful

DSimple

Correct answer

C. Successful

Explanation

The correct answer is Successful.

3176PsychologyMedium

Parents in Westernized cultures are more likely than parents in Asian cultures to encourage children to value:

Anorms.

Bnonconformity

Cenduring friendships

Dcultural traditions

Correct answer

B. nonconformity

Explanation

The correct answer is nonconformity.

3177PsychologyMedium

A person who is careless and disorganized most clearly ranks low on the Big Five trait dimension of:

Aextraversion

Bemotional stability

Cconscientiousness

Dopenness

Correct answer

C. conscientiousness

Explanation

The correct answer is conscientiousness.

3178PsychologyMedium

Imagine you are a male three-spined stickleback (a fish). You come across a nest of unfertilized three-spined stickleback eggs and you can’t help but do a particular dance and then go ahead and fertilize the eggs. Which theory of motivation accounts for your behavior?

AArousal

BOpponent-process

CBehavioral

DInstinct

Correct answer

D. Instinct

Explanation

The correct answer is Instinct.

3179PsychologyMedium

The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form is known as:

Acontinuation

Bclosure

Cnearness

Dsimilarity

Correct answer

D. similarity

Explanation

The correct answer is similarity.

3180PsychologyMedium

What innate human faculty allows natural man to discover how to escape the state of nature?

ALove

BReason

CFear

DAltruism

Correct answer

B. Reason

Explanation

The correct answer is Reason.

A morpheme may best be defined as ________?

Aa single word used to convey a complex idea

Bthe smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning

Can orderly arrangement of words in a syntactical sequence

Dthe meaning of a word in any given context

Correct answer

B. the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning

Explanation

The correct answer is the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning.