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job.
C)
calling.
D) career.
2. The maternal relatives of homosexual men produce ________ offspring than the
maternal relatives of heterosexual men, and male homosexuality is more likely to be
transmitted by genes from the ________ side of the family.
A) more; mother's
B)
fewer; father's
C)
fewer; mother's
D) more; father's
3. Developing assessment tools for selecting and placing employees is of most direct
relevance to
A) clinical psychology.
B)
organizational psychology.
C)
D) personnel psychology.
4. When people's images on a video monitor are widened to make them look fatter,
observers perceive them as
A) more sincere and more friendly.
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B)
C)
erotic plasticity.
C)
HIV infections.
D) nocturnal emissions.
6. The recipes commonly used in countries with hot climates are more likely to include
________ than those in countries with colder climates.
A) spices
B)
carbohydrates
C)
fats
D) proteins
set point.
C)
refractory period.
D) incentive.
hunger-suppressing; hypothalamus
C)
hunger-arousing; stomach
D) hunger-suppressing; stomach
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9. Ivan just spent an evening watching pornographic movies of attractive women who
actually seemed to enjoy being sexually coerced. This experience is most likely to lead
him to
A) perceive himself as unable to perform sexually.
B)
C)
C)
11. It has been suggested that the fraternal birth-order effect is a result of
A) erotic plasticity.
B)
refractory periods.
C)
D) mass-media norms.
12. In addition to secreting orexin, the ________ monitors levels of the body's other
appetite hormones.
A) hippocampus
B)
amygdala
C)
cerebellum
D) hypothalamus
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13. More than in other mammalian females, the sexual drive in human females is responsive
to their ________ levels.
A) estradiol
B)
estrogen
C)
serotonin
D) testosterone
D) during the resolution phase, sexual excitement increases in women but decreases in
men.
15. The level of serotonin in the brain is
A) decreased by a diet high in sugar.
B)
C)
16. Ancel Keys and his colleagues observed that men on a semistarvation diet
A) became apathetic and lost interest in food.
B)
C)
17. A dieter whose weight falls below his or her set point is likely to experience a(n)
A) increase in hunger and an increase in metabolic rate.
B)
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C)
18. A problem that consistently interferes with one's ability to complete the sexual response
cycle is called
A) an STI.
B)
erotic plasticity.
C)
a sexual disorder.
D) a refractory period.
19. Unlike in men, a high sex drive in women is likely to be associated with an increased
same-sex attraction as well as an increased opposite-sex attraction. This best illustrates
women's greater
A) erotic plasticity.
B)
refractory period.
C)
orgasmic dysfunction.
D) unit bias.
drive reduction.
C)
ostracism.
D) unit bias.
21. By praising their employees' positive behaviors, managers often encourage their
workers to continue laboring productively. This best illustrates the value of
A) reinforcement.
B)
360-degree feedback.
C)
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D) experiencing flow.
incentive; instinct
C)
need; drive
D) pornography; lust
organizational psychologists.
C)
clinical psychologists.
24. During the resolution phase of the sexual response cycle, people are most likely to
experience a rapid decrease in physiological arousal if
A) they have just experienced orgasm.
B)
C)
25. Among unmarried American teens, sexual abstinence is more likely for those with
________ levels of intelligence and ________ levels of religious engagement.
A) higher; lower
B)
lower; higher
C)
higher; higher
D) lower; lower
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