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1
As stated in "The Future of Psychology," central issues in twenty-first century psychology, and its largest challenge, are:
A)mother-child and father-child relationships.
B)mind-brain and behavior-brain correspondence.
C)young-old conflicts.
D)gender differences.
2
As given in "The Future of Psychology," as psychology becomes more of a science, it focuses on understanding psychological phenomena through studying biological factors, particularly the:
A)role of heredity.
B)effects of diet and nutrition.
C)impact of disease and pandemics.
D)brain and nervous system.
3
As presented in "The Future of Psychology," categorization plays a fundamental role in every human activity.
A)True
B)False
4
As claimed in "The 10 Commandments of Helping Students Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience in Psychology," the most troubling thing about pseudoscientific claims is that:
A)many of them can actually be scientifically proven.
B)people believe them in spite of a lack of scientific evidence to support them.
C)most students refuse to consider even the possibility that the claims could be true.
D)they should be dismissed out of hand, but most professors will not do that.
5
As presented in "The 10 Commandments of Helping Students Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience in Psychology," one reason why pseudoscientific claims should be addressed in the classroom is that:
A)examining the claims can help teach students critical thinking skills.
B)the classroom is often the only place students are exposed to these claims.
C)by looking closely at the claims, students will soon see how dull and uninteresting they are.
D)these claims are at the heart of modern psychological and scientific knowledge.
6
As noted in "The 10 Commandments of Helping Students Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience in Psychology," students who are taught to critically examine pseudoscientific claims are less likely to believe them.
A)True
B)False
7
According to "Science vs. Ideology: Psychologists Fight Back Against the Misuse of Research," Robert-Jay Green was spurred into action by:
A)specific claims about gay parenting styles.
B)the accumulation of distortion of research.
C)political opponents sparring over his research.
D)lack of debate on gay issues.
8
As noted in "Science vs. Ideology: Psychologists Fight Back Against the Misuse of Research," the Rockway Institute:
A)only reviews research done by other organizations.
B)is located at Harvard.
C)is funded by the federal Department of Health.
D)is non-partisan.
9
As pointed out in "Science vs. Ideology: Psychologists Fight Back Against the Misuse of Research," Rebecca Turner's research was designed to investigate psychological effects of sexual activity among the unmarried.
A)True
B)False
10
As quoted in "Psychology's Voice Is Heard," the APA's general counsel, Nathalie Gilfoyle, notes that courts, in making their decisions, are increasingly relying on:
A)the influence of professional organizations.
B)social-science research.
C)court-ordered psychological profiles.
D)the justices' personal knowledge of psychological factors.
11
As defined in "Psychology's Voice Is Heard," the literal translation of the phrase amicus curiae is:
A)friend of the accused.
B)court of last appeal.
C)written exposition.
D)friend of the court.
12
As given in "Psychology's Voice Is Heard," psychological research supports the idea of giving life sentences to juveniles who commit serious crimes.
A)True
B)False
13
As concluded in "The Left Brain Knows What the Right Hand is Doing," the vast majority of the world's people have:
A)strongly symmetrical brains.
B)strongly lateralized brains.
C)the ability to easily switch control of functions from one brain hemisphere to another.
D)have trouble distinguishing left from right.
14
According to "The Left Brain Knows What the Right Hand is Doing," the percentage of people who are right-handed is about:
A)55 percent.
B)68 percent.
C)75 percent.
D)90 percent.
15
As pointed out in "The Left Brain Knows What the Right Hand is Doing," having the brain's hemispheres manage different tasks has no effect on the brain's efficiency.
A)True
B)False
16
As described in "The Brain's (Dark Energy)," the DMN, or Default Mode Network, can be likened to:
A)the conductor of an orchestra.
B)an on/off switch on a computer.
C)a vast database that is rarely accessed.
D)a television channel playing in the background.
17
As put forth in "The Brain's (Dark Energy)," a map of the areas of the brain that make up the DMN coincides with a map of the areas that are affected by someone suffering from:
A)bipolar disorder.
B)Alzheimer's disease.
C)Crohn's disease.
D)muscular dystrophy.
18
As mentioned in "The Brain's (Dark Energy)," when in default mode, the brain uses 20 times as much energy as it does when responding consciously to an outside stimulus.
A)True
B)False
19
As noted in "Phantom Pain and the Brain," recent research suggests that the primary somatosensory cortex:
A)has no role in registering touch sensations.
B)is not part of the phantom pain perception.
C)registers sensory illusions generated elsewhere in the brain.
D)only registers actual touches.
20
As reported in "Phantom Pain and the Brain," research involving the primary visual cortex suggests that:
A)it does not communicate with higher-level areas.
B)it has reduced activity as illusory visual perceptions were repeated.
C)fMRI data are consistent with electrical activity in this part of the brain.
D)it is equally quiet when participants did not see the stimulus as when they just missed it.
21
As pointed out in "Phantom Pain and the Brain," participants reported feeling the illusory touch and the real one equally.
A)True
B)False
22
According to "The Home Team Advantage," high-testosterone-level males tend to be:
A)violent.
B)sexually aggressive.
C)less emotionally connected.
D)angry.
23
As reported in "The Home Team Advantage," findings from a variety of studies suggest that lower-testosterone individuals might be:
A)better at choosing partners.
B)less effective at relationships.
C)more successful in competitive careers.
D)more attractive for long-term relationships.
24
As stated in "The Home Team Advantage," gay and bisexual men with partners had similar levels of testosterone to those without partners.
A)True
B)False
25
As described in "Uncanny Sight in the Blind," the author and her colleagues shot a video of a blind man, known as TN, navigating among obstacles while walking:
A)around his apartment.
B)down a long corridor.
C)though a shopping center.
D)in a parking garage.
26
As pointed out in "Uncanny Sight in the Blind," the phenomenon of blindsight is seen primarily in patients who lost their vision because of damage to their:
A)rods and cones.
B)retinas.
C)visual cortex.
D)corneas.
27
As reported in "Uncanny Sight in the Blind," doctors reported cases like blindsight as far back as 1867, in soldiers injured during the Civil War.
A)True
B)False
28
As concluded in "The Color of Sin," the moral-purity metaphor is:
A)merely a rhetorical device for moral discourse.
B)a deep, embodied phenomenon covertly shaping moral cognition.
C)most effectively used in medieval literature.
D)too complicated to apply to everyday life.
29
As brought out in "The Color of Sin," the color black has negative connotations for all of the following reasons except that it:
A)signifies danger.
B)is the color of night.
C)is heavy.
D)is associated with impurity.
30
As shown in "The Color of Sin," reminders of one's moral transgressions can create desires for physical cleansing.
A)True
B)False
31
Psychology, as explained in "What Dreams Are Made Of," has built its model of the mind out of:
A)experiences with mental illness.
B)Western conceptions of consciousness.
C)waking behavior.
D)theories of a subconscious.
32
Freud, as noted in "What Dreams Are Made Of," believed that dreams were:
A)random neurological firings.
B)deeply buried wishes.
C)early plans for the future.
D)a disguised record of the day's events.
33
Recent advances in dream research using brain imaging technologies, as reported in "What Dreams Are Made Of," have clearly demonstrated the close relationship between physiology and psychology.
A)True
B)False
34
The author of "About Face," notes that prosopagnosia:
A)is caused exclusively by brain injury.
B)affects only people with autism.
C)has only been a recognized condition for about two decades.
D)has not thus far been reversed in any patients.
35
As pointed out in "About Face," the portion of the brain most often associated with facial recognition is located:
A)on whichever is the individual's dominant side.
B)behind the right ear.
C)in the frontal lobe.
D)in an unknown area.
36
As stated in "About Face," infants reared primarily by men prefer male faces.
A)True
B)False
37
As revealed in "Finding Little Albert," the authors concluded that the name "Albert B.," given to Watson and Rayner's test subject in 1920, probably was:
A)the baby's real name.
B)Rosalie Rayner's mother's maiden name.
C)a prominent Baptist minister after whom Watson himself was named.
D)a pseudonym chosen by Albert's birth mother.
38
As detailed in "Finding Little Albert," one of the methods used by the authors to identify Little Albert was to compare photos of Douglas, the boy they suspected was Little Albert, with:
A)a group photo taken of families at Johns Hopkins in 1920.
B)stills taken from the movie Watson made of Little Albert.
C)high school yearbooks from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1935.
D)pictures of Little Albert that accompanied the JEP article in 1920.
39
As mentioned in "Finding Little Albert," the study on Little Albert was the last published research of Watson's academic career; he left his post at Johns Hopkins University after becoming romantically involved with his graduate student and going through a messy divorce.
A)True
B)False
40
According to "Move Over Mice," in the robot study, the program Independent Component Analysis:
A)was incapable of recognizing human faces.
B)was the only tool the robot needed
C)made very different mistakes than a human would.
D)worked best at recognizing faces.
41
As reported in "Move Over Mice," the surprising result from the machine learning lab research at the University of California at Sand Diego was the:
A)inability of the robot to learn anything new.
B)speed with which the robot learned.
C)failure of the robot to recognize Asian faces.
D)development of face preferences.
42
As stated in "Move Over Mice," thus far, there are no computer programs that can change their own code.
A)True
B)False
43
Many educators, as put forth in "The Perils and Promises of Praise," believe that the major cause of achievement in school is students':
A)effort and perseverance.
B)willingness to follow instruction.
C)attendance record.
D)inherent intelligence.
44
The original intention of the IQ test developed by Alfred Binet, as pointed out in "The Perils and Promises of Praise," was to:
A)measure fixed intelligence.
B)identify students who were not benefiting from the public-school curriculum.
C)help track students according to their abilities.
D)identify students with learning disabilities.
45
When asked to report their scores in an experiment, as noted in "The Perils and Promises of Praise," the students with a fixed mind-set and those with a growth mind-set lied in equal percentages.
A)True
B)False
46
According to "The Many Lives of Superstition," superstitious beliefs and rituals:
A)directly influence events or outcomes.
B)may reduce stress.
C)are more prevalent among women than men.
D)are decreasing as technology becomes more important in daily life.
47
As noted in "The Many Lives of Superstition," superstitions are familiar in such activities as politics and sports because:
A)there is a lot to lose.
B)they are male-dominated.
C)they take place in public.
D)these activities are embedded in human culture.
48
As related in "The Many Lives of Superstition," in research on superstitions and contagion, sweaters are never used as props.
A)True
B)False
49
As given in "The Magical Mystery Four," the central memory store of meaningful items for young adults is limited to about:
A)1 to 3 items.
B)3 to 5 items.
C)7 to 9 items.
D)12 to 15 items.
50
As set forth in "The Magical Mystery Four," a comparison of the simple storage capacity of 7-year-old children and older children or adults showed that:
A)children had a greater storage capacity than adults.
B)both groups had about the same storage capacity.
C)variation in storage capacity was linked to IQ rather than age group.
D)adults had a greater storage capacity than children.
51
As speculated about in "The Magical Mystery Four," one theory holds that low-attention-span individuals remember less because they use up more of their memory's storage capacity holding information that is irrelevant to the assigned task.
A)True
B)False
52
As reported in "Talk to the Hand: New Insights into the Evolution of Language and Gesture," language has been called an instinct because it:
A)is common to all people.
B)is so readily learned.
C)can be taught to anyone.
D)is necessary for survival.
53
In discussing grammar, the author of "Talk to the Hand: New Insights into the Evolution of Language and Gesture" notes that:
A)it is the association of sounds with meanings.
B)many animal languages have it.
C)it allows the infinite recombination of finite raw materials.
D)it occurs whenever sounds are combined.
54
As stated in "Talk to the Hand: New Insights into the Evolution of Language and Gesture," the inarticulate cries of monkeys appear to be controlled by different brain systems than those governing human language ability.
A)True
B)False
55
As reported in "Dangerous Distraction," a British study found that talking on a cell phone while driving:
A)had no effect on the accident rate.
B)slightly increased the accident rate.
C)nearly doubled the accident rate.
D)increased the accident rate fourfold.
56
As cited in "Dangerous Distraction," studies have shown that the primary cause of driving accidents is:
A)heavy traffic.
B)driver inattention.
C)poor weather conditions.
D)driving at night.
57
As noted in "Dangerous Distraction," drivers are less likely to be involved in an accident if they have a passenger than if they are driving by themselves.
A)True
B)False
58
As reported in "Women at the Top," despite the fact that women in the United States hold approximately 50 percent of all management and professional positions, when it comes to Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 CEOs, women make up just:
A)2 percent.
B)5 percent.
C)10 percent.
D)26 percent.
59
As stated in "Women at the Top," a number of the women entrepreneurs from China had previously:
A)been educated by peasants in the countryside in accordance with the ideology of the Cultural Revolution.
B)served in the People's Liberation Army.
C)been educated abroad in such countries as Japan, Australia, and England.
D)worked in family businesses similar to the type of companies they later started.
60
According to "Women at the Top," most of the women interviewed agreed that they planned on making it to the top of their professions from the very beginning of their careers.
A)True
B)False
61
As noted in "Resisting Temptation," people high in self-control, compared to those who are low in it, show all of the following characteristics except that they are:
A)less successful in work.
B)healthier.
C)in better relationships.
D)more successful in school.
62
As recounted in "Resisting Temptation," follow-up studies with the children in the marshmallow experiment found that:
A)there was no measurable difference between those who delayed gratification and those who did not.
B)the older four-years-olds were better at delaying gratification than the younger ones.
C)those who delayed gratification later scored higher on their SATs.
D)boys were better at delaying gratification than girls.
63
As explained in "Resisting Temptation," stress has been found to reduce people's performance in subsequent self-control tasks.
A)True
B)False
64
The obesity epidemic in the United States, as maintained by Kelly Brownell in "Eating into the Nation's Obesity Epidemic," is often mistakenly believed to represent a:
A)failure of personal responsibility.
B)genetic imbalance.
C)cultural preference for extra weight.
D)reaction to the social pressures to be extremely thin.
65
The nutrition education of children in the United States, as reported in "Eating into the Nation's Obesity Epidemic," is now largely left to:
A)parents.
B)schools.
C)federal government programs.
D)the food industry.
66
Studies in developing nations, as mentioned in "Eating into the Nation's Obesity Epidemic," have found that the introduction of packaged foods have little impact on obesity levels as they do not replace traditional diets.
A)True
B)False
67
As noted in "A Nurturing Relationship: Mothers as Eating Role Models for Their Daughters," author and therapist Sharon Hersh suggests that mothers:
A)keep sweets out of the house.
B)encourage daughters to lose excess weight.
C)communicate acceptance of their own bodies.
D)model healthy dieting.
68
As identified in "A Nurturing Relationship: Mothers as Eating Role Models for Their Daughters," the number-one source of calories in the teen diet is:
A)chips and other salty snacks.
B)soft drinks and sugary fruit drinks.
C)chewy desserts.
D)chocolate.
69
As stated in "A Nurturing Relationship: Mothers as Eating Role Models for Their Daughters," the majority of teens worry about weight.
A)True
B)False
70
As discussed in "Why So Mad?", the American Automobile Association's 1997 study found that:
A)it is impossible to measure road rage.
B)angry drivers are no more dangerous than any others.
C)road rage is decreasing.
D)road rage is increasing.
71
As reported in "Why So Mad?", Michael Fumento contended in an article in Atlantic Monthly that changed levels in reported incidents in road rage are due to:
A)higher speed limits.
B)more drunk driving.
C)poor driver education.
D)increased awareness.
72
As pointed out in "Why So Mad?", angry driving has been classified as a mental disorder.
A)True
B)False
73
As noted in "A Learning Machine," Gregg Recanzone's research suggests that:
A)learning does not affect the cerebral cortex of animals.
B)on the neuron level, animal brains do not adapt.
C)long-term levels of performance may be related to changes in neural activity.
D)adult animals do not learn new skills easily.
74
As pointed out in "A Learning Machine," Michael Merzenich's research indicates that:
A)older people are incapable of learning until they eliminate brain noise.
B)it is easy to change cortical dynamics by training.
C)increased brain noise makes learning easier.
D)changes in older brains are not reversible.
75
As stated in "A Learning Machine," Alison Gopnik contends that the deepest part of our human nature is that we are trying to escape human nature.
A)True
B)False
76
According to "The Joke's in You," deficient sense of humor can be a sign of all of the following except:
A)autism.
B)Asperger's Syndrome.
C)schizophrenia.
D)bipolar disorder.
77
As pointed out in "The Joke's in You," in studying babies and humor, researchers have found that:
A)babies show no signs of mirth before age five months.
B)early smiles are an emotional response to social interaction.
C)babies have the same smile for all stimuli.
D)a smiling baby is not always a happy baby.
78
As stated in "The Joke's in You," children instinctively understand humor.
A)True
B)False
79
Earlier in their lives, as explained in "A Question of Resilience," La Tanya and Tichelle were traumatized by:
A)sexual abuse.
B)a physically abusive mother.
C)living through a home invasion.
D)losing their home to a hurricane.
80
Resilience, as described in "A Question of Resilience," is the process of coping with terrible misfortune and going on to exhibit all of the following except:
A)mental health.
B)success in school or at work.
C)religious faith.
D)solid relationships.
81
In spite of knowing that he was sexually abusing her young children, as reported in "A Question of Resilience," La Tanya and Tichelle's mother never banished Earl Osborn from her home.
A)True
B)False
82
The hypothesis formulated by the authors of "Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents" to explain the Internet's positive effects is called the:
A)social-networking interconnectedness hypothesis.
B)Internet-enhanced self-disclosure hypothesis.
C)exponential digital interaction hypothesis.
D)Interweb-derived authentication hypothesis.
83
As asserted in "Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents," adolescents consider one of the highest rewards of friendship to be:
A)perceived popularity among their peers.
B)validation of personal choices.
C)the mutual disclosure of intimate topics.
D)companionship, both virtually and actually.
84
As put forth in "Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents," adolescents who communicate by computer tend to communicate in a hyperpersonal, unusually intimate way.
A)True
B)False
85
As reported in, "Making Relationships Work," the interviewer John Gottman most patterns his interviews on is:
A)Barbara Walters.
B)Bill Moyers.
C)Larry King.
D)Studs Terkel.
86
As noted in "Making Relationships Work," John Gottman's analysis of fights shows that most people fight about:
A)nothing.
B)sex.
C)money.
D)in-laws.
87
As observed in "Making Relationships Work," John Gottman contends that his research can be applied consistently to the workplace.
A)True
B)False
88
The first emotion many people feel on learning a friend or coworker has lost a loved one, as described in "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn–and Those Who Comfort Them," is:
A)relief.
B)anger.
C)fear.
D)disbelief.
89
The work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, as explained in "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn–and Those Who Comfort Them," is directed most specifically at:
A)grieving children.
B)individuals coping with a terminal illness.
C)those who have lost loved ones quickly.
D)new widows and widowers.
90
Unless they know the person well, as suggested in "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn–and Those Who Comfort Them," coworkers should not attend the funeral of the loved one of a colleague.
A)True
B)False
91
The author of "Can Personality Be Changed?" holds that much of an individual's personality is:
A)only encoded in his/her genes.
B)flexible and dynamic.
C)capable of changing only in catastrophic situations, such as war.
D)changed only by the impact of extreme emotions.
92
As cited in "Can Personality Be Changed?", a study found that university students who were taught malleable theory showed all of the following except a/an:
A)greater valuing of academics.
B)enhanced enjoyment of academic work.
C)higher-grade-point averages.
D)greater ability to screen out distractions.
93
As stated in "Can Personality Be Changed?", people who anxiously expect negative responses from others eventually develop stronger relationships.
A)True
B)False
94
Marvin Zuckerman, as explained in "Frisky, But More Risky," found that high sensation-seekers were the most likely to volunteer for experiments concerning all of the following except:
A)sensory deprivation.
B)memory enhancement.
C)hypnosis.
D)hallucinogenic drugs.
95
According to "Frisky, But More Risky," one study has shown that when subjects with high disinhibition scores were presented with a moderate-intensity tone, they were more likely than low sensation-seekers to experience:
A)a pleasurable jolt.
B)strong memories of similar noises.
C)a reduced heart rate.
D)shortness of breath.
96
Most people, as noted in "Frisky, But More Risky," fall in the middle of the sensation-seeking range, with some inclination to seek out new experiences.
A)True
B)False
97
As identified in "Second Nature," of all the major personality traits, the one that is most a matter of practice is:
A)courage.
B)integrity.
C)optimism.
D)compassion.
98
As reported in "Second Nature," Mauro Zappaterra had his life turn around when he realized that:
A)he was following his parents' dream for him rather than his own.
B)he really was not interested in medicine.
C)it is okay to be miserable once in a while.
D)he needed to take some time off.
99
As observed in "Second Nature," the first step in developing passion is to commit to learn a bit about a subject.
A)True
B)False
100
As reported in "Replicating Milgram," the original Milgram study was criticized because:
A)one participant was severely injured by electrical shocks.
B)only white male participants were chosen.
C)participants were paid for their involvement in the study.
D)controversy erupted over ethical treatment of participants.
101
As maintained in "Replicating Milgram," in the author's experiment, participants:
A)experienced high-stress and flashbacks after taking part in the experiment.
B)obeyed the experimenter at about the same rate as they did 45 years ago.
C)were too young to draw comparisons with the Holocaust and Abu Ghraib.
D)generally refused to administer electrical shocks.
102
According to "Replicating Milgram," the author's approved experiment used all the same voltage levels as Milgram's original experiment.
A)True
B)False
103
As detailed in "The Psychology and Power of False Confessions," various experiments showed that a confession tainted all of the following except:
A)fingerprint evidence.
B)alibi evidence.
C)eyewitness identification of a suspect in a lineup.
D)DNA evidence.
104
As related in "The Psychology and Power of False Confessions," a petition for clemency was filed on behalf of the "Norfolk Four" by the:
A)Roman Catholic Church.
B)Innocence Project.
C)Amnesty International.
D)families of the four suspects.
105
As pointed out in "The Psychology and Power of False Confessions," one reason jurors give such weight to confessions is that most people cannot imagine what would motivate someone to confess to a crime he or she did not commit; their reasoning is that they would never do that themselves.
A)True
B)False
106
In "We're Wired to Connect," the idea of how people react to one another's emotions is described as similar to:
A)becoming lost in a book.
B)catching a cold.
C)reading an analytical article.
D)attending a religious service.
107
The job of mirror neurons, as explained in "We're Wired to Connect," is to:
A)act as a self-monitor.
B)interpret subtle cues from others.
C)protect the psyche from others' hostility.
D)recognize facial expressions and reflect them back.
108
Most people, as noted in "We're Wired to Connect," do not have a "set point" for happiness and can be profoundly changed by the people with whom they interact.
A)True
B)False
109
As reported in "A New Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder," this disorder affects one's ability to do all of the following except:
A)pursue individual passions.
B)manage emotions appropriately.
C)sustain motivation to work.
D)regulate alertness and processing speed.
110
In looking at the components of executive function, the author of "A New Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder" notes that:
A)processing speed problems are part of the focus function.
B)emotional modulation is not part of the executive function at all.
C)no one works at peak efficiency in all components all the time.
D)students with ADD usually only have impairment in one component.
111
According to "A New Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder," most teachers in America have at least one student with Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in their classes every year.
A)True
B)False
112
As detailed in "The Kids Aren't All Right," possibly stress-related symptoms reported by children included sleeplessness, upset stomachs, and:
A)nail-biting.
B)depression.
C)nervous tics.
D)headaches.
113
In the survey reported in "The Kids Aren't All Right," about two-thirds of adults reported being diagnosed by a physician with a chronic condition, most commonly high blood pressure or:
A)high cholesterol.
B)acid reflux disease.
C)diabetes.
D)depression.
114
As presented in "The Kids Aren't All Right," fewer than half of adults advised by their physicians to make lifestyle changes for health reasons were told by their physicians why the changes were important.
A)True
B)False
115
As pointed out in "Guns and Suicide in the United States," of suicides by Americans of all ages, suicides by gun account for:
A)less than 10 percent.
B)about 35 percent.
C)more than half.
D)nearly 80 percent.
116
As stated in "Guns and Suicide in the United States," having a gun in the home:
A)does not increase the risk of suicide.
B)does not increase the risk if all householders are over age 21.
C)increases the risk only if the gun is a pistol.
D)increases the risk of suicide.
117
As shown in "Guns and Suicide in the United States," the higher risk of suicide in homes with firearms applies to the gun owner but not to the gun owner's spouse and children.
A)True
B)False
118
According to "Stigma: Alive and Well," the stigma of mental illness:
A)is not recognized by most mentally ill people..
B)has largely faded from American culture.
C)is increasing rapidly despite numerous public-awareness campaigns.
D)often has a toxic effect on people
119
As cited in "Stigma: Alive and Well," the National Institute of Mental Health estimates that the number of adult Americans with a diagnosable mental illness is 1 in:
A)4
B)10
C)15
D)22.
120
As related in "Stigma: Alive and Well," thanks to decades of public information campaigns, Americans are much less suspicious of people with mental illness than in the past.
A)True
B)False
121
According to "'A Struggle for Hope'," many American Indian psychologists believe the root of the population's suicide problem is a combination of loss of ethnic identity and:
A)poor education.
B)substance abuse.
C)domestic violence.
D)generational trauma.
122
In discussing cluster suicides, the author of "'A Struggle for Hope'" notes that:
A)such outbreaks are rare in Indian communities.
B)they are a serious problem in Indian communities.
C)there is no training available to prevent them.
D)experts recommend no community response to them.
123
As stated in "'A Struggle for Hope'," the suicide rate among American Indians has increased steadily for the last three decades.
A)True
B)False
124
As reported in "PTSD Treatments Grow in Evidence Effectiveness," among the therapies considered by the Veterans Administration most promising for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is:
A)eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing.
B)medication.
C)stress-inoculation training.
D)prolonged-exposure therapy.
125
As noted in "PTSD Treatments Grow in Evidence Effectiveness," medications that have been approved for treatment of PTSD include:
A)Effexor.
B)Wellbutrin.
C)Loperamide.
D)Sertraline.
126
As pointed out in "PTSD Treatments Grow in Evidence Effectiveness," most of the studies of drugs for treating PTSD are funded by pharmaceutical companies.
A)True
B)False
127
According to "When Do Meds Make a Difference?", research consistently shows that:
A)medications are more effective than behavioral interventions.
B)behavioral interventions are not as effective as psychotropic drugs.
C)medications and behavioral interventions can be equally effective.
D)psychotropic drugs have more enduring positive results than behavioral therapy.
128
As noted in "When Do Meds Make a Difference?", the treatment of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder is:
A)Ritalin.
B)Selexa.
C)combination of behavior therapy and medication.
D)Exposure and Ritual Prevention.
129
As reported in "When Do Meds Make a Difference?", severely depressed adults are particularly amenable to combination treatments.
A)True
B)False
130
As maintained in "Enhancing Worker Well-Being," psychosocial issues addressed at a recent annual Work, Stress and Health conference included all of the following except:
A)workplace bullying.
B)commuting stress.
C)workplace romance.
D)work's effect on family life.
131
As brought out in "Enhancing Worker Well-Being," the reason that most employees leave their jobs is:
A)problems with their immediate supervisor.
B)too long a commute.
C)family problems.
D)for a higher salary.
132
As given in "Enhancing Worker Well-Being," front-line managers should not communicate with their employees about stress.
A)True
B)False





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