To help the student study in smaller “bites,” the textbook is divided into short sections that end with a study guide that contains Recite questions as well as the Think Critically and Self-Reflect questions for students to check how well he or she remembers what was read. These study guides found after each short reading section are called?

Professor Windham asks her general psychology students to give an example of an overt behavior. Which of the following would be an example of an overt behavior?

In order to find out whether “the clothes make the man” or whether “one can’t judge a book by its cover,” researchers scientifically observe people who are well dressed and people who are not and determine who fares better in a variety of situations. The information that these researchers gained would be considered __________ evidence.

The goals of psychology are to

The first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany was set up in order to

Humanistic theories emphasize

The “father of psychology” and founder of the first psychological laboratory was

1) Which type of psychology focuses on our potential for optimal functioning and addresses such topics as love, happiness, creativity, well-being, self-confidence, and achievement?

Incredible but false stories posted on the Internet, such as “the health department in Oregon looking for someone fluent in the fictional language of Klingon,” illustrates the need for readers to always

1) You caution a friend about eating so many foods that are high in fat content. Your friend replies that his grandfather ate all the bacon and cheese he wanted and he lived to be 93. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for your friend’s error in reasoning?

If a television ad tells you that a “life coach” can map out your entire career and financial future if you log-on and pay for three half-hour Web-based sessions

Which school of thought emphasizes that the psychological needs for love, self-esteem, belonging, self-expression, creativity, and spirituality are just as important as the biological needs for food and water?

Messages flow from the brain to the spinal cord and then to other parts of the body through the __________ nervous system.

The brain carries out most of the “computing” in the nervous system and communicates with the rest of the body through the large bundle of nerves called the

The three main areas of the subcortex are the

A nerve cell carrying information from your eyes, ears, fingers, etc. toward the CNS is called a(n)

Which of the following CAN be seen without magnification?

Which part of the brain consists of two large hemispheres, which are divided into smaller areas known as lobes?

A preference for using the right or left hand for most activities is referred to as

Rick does some activities better using his right hand, while he performs better on other tasks using his left hand. Rick would be described as

Which part of the brain generates our sense of self, including our awareness of our current emotional state?