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In people whose corpus callosums have not been severed, verbal stimuli are identified more quickly and more accurately:

A. When sent to the right hemisphere first

B. When sent to the left hemisphere first

C. When presented to the left visual field

D. When presented auditorily rather than visually

Correct answer is: D. When presented auditorily rather than visually

Human behavior is motivated primarily by social urges in Adler’s theory:

A. Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory

B. McDougall’s Instinct Theory

C. Freud Psychoanalytical Theory

D. Adler’s Theory

Correct answer is: D. Adler’s Theory

Adler’s Theory emphasizes social urges and the security motive.

The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways is known as:

A. Behaviorism

B. Ethnocentrism

C. Humanism

D. Functionalism

Correct answer is: B. Ethnocentrism

Hormones are to the endocrine system as _____ are to the nervous system:

A. Nerves

B. Synapses

C. Neurotransmitters

D. Action potentials

Correct answer is: B. Synapses

Clark Hull emphasized that in the form of stimulation gives birth to a drive or motive:

A. Need

B. Environment

C. Incentives

D. Reward

Correct answer is: A. Need

Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory focuses on needs creating motivation.

The study of the endocrine system and genetic mechanisms would most likely be undertaken by a:

A. Clinical psychologist

B. Physiological psychologist

C. Social psychologist

D. Educational psychologist

Correct answer is: B. Physiological psychologist

A form of communication based on a system of symbols is:

A. Rule

B. Image

C. Language

D. Phonology

Correct answer is: C. Language

Language is communication using symbols.

The fact that psychologists do not all agree about the nature and development of personality demonstrates:

A. That there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon

B. The fundamental inability may simply be incomprehensible

C. The failure of psychologists to communicate with one another

D. The possibility that personality may simply be incomprehensible

Correct answer is: A. That there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon

The sound system of a language is:

A. Language

B. Phonology

C. Morphology

D. Syntax

Correct answer is: B. Phonology

Phonology is the study of language sounds.

A multifactorial causation approach to behavior suggests that:

A. Most behaviors can be explained best by single cause explanations

B. Most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors

C. Data must be subjected to rigorous statistical analysis in order for them to make sense

D. Explanations of behavior tend to build up from the simple to the complex in a hierarchical manner

Correct answer is: B. Most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors