Question 1

Alfred Kinsey's research discovered which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sexual interest begins in early childhood. 
B) ​People's sexual arousal progresses through four stages. 
C) ​People vary substantially in their frequency of sexual behavior. 
D) ​Differences in sexual orientation depend largely on genetics. 
A) Sexual interest begins in early childhood. 
B) ​People's sexual arousal progresses through four stages. 
C) ​People vary substantially in their frequency of sexual behavior. 
D) ​Differences in sexual orientation depend largely on genetics.

Question 2

What is glucose?​

Accepted Answer

A) It is a type of fat that composes the insulation around axons. 
B) ​It is a protein that lines the walls of the stomach. 
C) ​It is a hormone that increases the flow of nutrients into body cells. 
D) ​It is the main source of fuel for the brain and most other cells. 
A) It is a type of fat that composes the insulation around axons. 
B) ​It is a protein that lines the walls of the stomach. 
C) ​It is a hormone that increases the flow of nutrients into body cells. 
D) ​It is the main source of fuel for the brain and most other cells.

Question 3

What,if anything,does "gender-nonconforming" behavior in childhood predict?​

Accepted Answer

A) It strongly predicts later homosexual orientation, for both males and females. 
B) ​It predicts later homosexual orientation for females but not much for males. 
C) ​It predicts later homosexual orientation for males, but not much for females. 
D) ​It has no relationship to later sexual orientation for either males or females. 
A) It strongly predicts later homosexual orientation, for both males and females. 
B) ​It predicts later homosexual orientation for females but not much for males. 
C) ​It predicts later homosexual orientation for males, but not much for females. 
D) ​It has no relationship to later sexual orientation for either males or females.

Question 4

If you see someone else cheat,do you become more likely to cheat also?​

Accepted Answer

A) Yes. 
B) ​No. 
C) ​It depends. You become more likely if that person seems different from you. 
D) ​It depends. You become more likely if that person seems similar to you. 
A) Yes. 
B) ​No. 
C) ​It depends. You become more likely if that person seems different from you. 
D) ​It depends. You become more likely if that person seems similar to you.

Question 5

What did Masters and Johnson's research emphasize that previous writers had understated?​

Accepted Answer

A) The role of genetic differences in sexual responsiveness 
B) ​The role of prenatal hormones in influencing sexual orientation 
C) ​The importance of vaginal stimulation for women's sexual response 
D) ​Women's ability to enjoy sexual activity 
A) The role of genetic differences in sexual responsiveness 
B) ​The role of prenatal hormones in influencing sexual orientation 
C) ​The importance of vaginal stimulation for women's sexual response 
D) ​Women's ability to enjoy sexual activity

Question 6

Which of the following differs,on average,between homosexual men and heterosexual men?​

Accepted Answer

A) Anatomy of the digestive system 
B) ​Anatomy of the hypothalamus 
C) ​Number of younger sisters 
D) ​Number of younger brothers 
A) Anatomy of the digestive system 
B) ​Anatomy of the hypothalamus 
C) ​Number of younger sisters 
D) ​Number of younger brothers

Question 7

According to Abraham Maslow,what happens if you have several motivations at once?​

Accepted Answer

A) You start on each of them and then alternate rapidly from one to another. 
B) ​You satisfy the most urgent motivation before starting on the next one. 
C) ​You try to get someone else to help you with one or more of your tasks. 
D) ​You postpone working on all of them, and do something enjoyable instead. 
A) You start on each of them and then alternate rapidly from one to another. 
B) ​You satisfy the most urgent motivation before starting on the next one. 
C) ​You try to get someone else to help you with one or more of your tasks. 
D) ​You postpone working on all of them, and do something enjoyable instead.

Question 8

If you estimate how likely you are to start work on your term paper tomorrow,what is the probable result?​

Accepted Answer

A) You become more likely to start on the paper tomorrow. 
B) ​You become less likely to start on the paper tomorrow. 
C) ​Your probability of starting tomorrow matches the percent chance you estimated. 
D) ​You become more likely to dream about the paper tonight. 
A) You become more likely to start on the paper tomorrow. 
B) ​You become less likely to start on the paper tomorrow. 
C) ​Your probability of starting tomorrow matches the percent chance you estimated. 
D) ​You become more likely to dream about the paper tonight.

Question 9

In which of these ways does a man's sexual response differ from a woman's?​

Accepted Answer

A) Unlike women, a man shows physiological responses during the first stage of arousal. 
B) ​On average, the plateau stage of sexual response lasts much longer in a man. 
C) ​A man's orgasm lasts about twice as long as a woman's. 
D) ​After orgasm, men have a refractory period that temporarily blocks further response. 
A) Unlike women, a man shows physiological responses during the first stage of arousal. 
B) ​On average, the plateau stage of sexual response lasts much longer in a man. 
C) ​A man's orgasm lasts about twice as long as a woman's. 
D) ​After orgasm, men have a refractory period that temporarily blocks further response.

Question 10

Which misconception did Masters and Johnson disprove?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sigmund Freud had argued that mature women have only vaginal orgasms. 
B) ​Previous researchers had emphasized genetics as an explanation for sexual orientation. 
C) ​Previously, psychiatrists had overestimated how many women have multiple orgasms. 
D) ​Previous researchers had overestimated the variability of human sexual behavior. 
A) Sigmund Freud had argued that mature women have only vaginal orgasms. 
B) ​Previous researchers had emphasized genetics as an explanation for sexual orientation. 
C) ​Previously, psychiatrists had overestimated how many women have multiple orgasms. 
D) ​Previous researchers had overestimated the variability of human sexual behavior.

Question 11

What does insulin do?​

Accepted Answer

A) It helps glucose and other nutrients enter body cells. 
B) ​It helps the intestines digest sugars and other carbohydrates. 
C) ​It increases the rate of stomach contractions. 
D) ​It increases blood flow to the digestive system. 
A) It helps glucose and other nutrients enter body cells. 
B) ​It helps the intestines digest sugars and other carbohydrates. 
C) ​It increases the rate of stomach contractions. 
D) ​It increases blood flow to the digestive system.

Question 12

​Which of these is an example of an incentive motivation?

Accepted Answer

A) On a cold day, you wear your warmest coat. 
B) ​Because you are hungry, you look for something to eat. 
C) ​You join some friends to watch a movie. 
D) ​You remove the painful thorn that got stuck in your leg. 
A) On a cold day, you wear your warmest coat. 
B) ​Because you are hungry, you look for something to eat. 
C) ​You join some friends to watch a movie. 
D) ​You remove the painful thorn that got stuck in your leg.

Question 13

What did Masters and Johnson discover about a woman's sexual response?​

Accepted Answer

A) Vaginal stimulation is essential for a woman's sexual response. 
B) ​Clitoral stimulation is essential for a woman's sexual response. 
C) ​Women experience a prolonged refractory period after orgasm. 
D) ​Genetic differences are important in understanding women's sexual response. 
A) Vaginal stimulation is essential for a woman's sexual response. 
B) ​Clitoral stimulation is essential for a woman's sexual response. 
C) ​Women experience a prolonged refractory period after orgasm. 
D) ​Genetic differences are important in understanding women's sexual response.

Question 14

​How does "incentive motivation" differ from "drive"?

Accepted Answer

A) An incentive, unlike a drive, is stronger at some times than at others. 
B) ​Incentive motivation is based on weak or uncertain rewards. 
C) ​An incentive can motivate action when need is low or absent. 
D) ​An incentive motivates action that continues until the person gains the goal. 
A) An incentive, unlike a drive, is stronger at some times than at others. 
B) ​Incentive motivation is based on weak or uncertain rewards. 
C) ​An incentive can motivate action when need is low or absent. 
D) ​An incentive motivates action that continues until the person gains the goal.

Question 15

What is gender identity?​

Accepted Answer

A) Whether someone is male or female, according to the chromosomes 
B) ​Whether someone responds mostly to male or female sexual partners 
C) ​Whether someone regards himself or herself as male or female 
D) ​Whether someone is male or female, according to the external anatomy 
A) Whether someone is male or female, according to the chromosomes 
B) ​Whether someone responds mostly to male or female sexual partners 
C) ​Whether someone regards himself or herself as male or female 
D) ​Whether someone is male or female, according to the external anatomy

Question 16

What is known about the prevalence of bisexuality?​

Accepted Answer

A) It occurs only in intersex people. 
B) ​It is more common in men. 
C) ​It is more common in women. 
D) ​It occurs only while people are changing their sexual orientation. 
A) It occurs only in intersex people. 
B) ​It is more common in men. 
C) ​It is more common in women. 
D) ​It occurs only while people are changing their sexual orientation.

Question 17

Who conducted the first major survey of human sexual behavior?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sigmund Freud 
B) ​William Masters and Virginia Johnson 
C) ​David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel 
D) ​Alfred Kinsey 
A) Sigmund Freud 
B) ​William Masters and Virginia Johnson 
C) ​David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel 
D) ​Alfred Kinsey

Question 18

​What is the main assumption behind the human-relations approach or Theory Y?

Accepted Answer

A) Employees like variety in their job, responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment. 
B) ​The employer should find the best way to do a job and train workers to do it that way. 
C) ​Job satisfaction is highly correlated with excellence of job performance. 
D) ​The best way to improve job performance is to increase salaries. 
A) Employees like variety in their job, responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment. 
B) ​The employer should find the best way to do a job and train workers to do it that way. 
C) ​Job satisfaction is highly correlated with excellence of job performance. 
D) ​The best way to improve job performance is to increase salaries.

Question 19

​In a class where students got to choose their own deadlines for three papers,students who chose to spread out their deadlines equally got the best grades,but they were only equal to students in another section where everyone had to spread out their deadlines equally.What was the interpretation?

Accepted Answer

A) The best students chose to spread out their deadlines equally. 
B) ​The best students chose to put their deadlines at the end of the semester. 
C) ​Choosing your own deadlines is an advantage. 
D) ​Spreading out your deadlines is an advantage. 
A) The best students chose to spread out their deadlines equally. 
B) ​The best students chose to put their deadlines at the end of the semester. 
C) ​Choosing your own deadlines is an advantage. 
D) ​Spreading out your deadlines is an advantage.

Question 20

Suppose you see someone else cheat.Under what circumstance do you become LESS likely to cheat?​

Accepted Answer

A) If the person seems to show no guilt feelings 
B) ​If the person is from a group that you see as your rival 
C) ​If the person is one of your close friends 
D) ​If the person is older than you 
A) If the person seems to show no guilt feelings 
B) ​If the person is from a group that you see as your rival 
C) ​If the person is one of your close friends 
D) ​If the person is older than you

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Alfred Kinsey's research discovered which of the following?​

What is glucose?​

What,if anything,does "gender-nonconforming" behavior in childhood predict?​

If you see someone else cheat,do you become more likely to cheat also?​

What did Masters and Johnson's research emphasize that previous writers had understated?​

Which of the following differs,on average,between homosexual men and heterosexual men?​

According to Abraham Maslow,what happens if you have several motivations at once?​

If you estimate how likely you are to start work on your term paper tomorrow,what is the probable result?​

In which of these ways does a man's sexual response differ from a woman's?​

Which misconception did Masters and Johnson disprove?​

What does insulin do?​

​Which of these is an example of an incentive motivation?

What did Masters and Johnson discover about a woman's sexual response?​

​How does "incentive motivation" differ from "drive"?

What is gender identity?​

What is known about the prevalence of bisexuality?​

Who conducted the first major survey of human sexual behavior?​

​What is the main assumption behind the human-relations approach or Theory Y?

​In a class where students got to choose their own deadlines for three papers,students who chose to spread out their deadlines equally got the best grades,but they were only equal to students in another section where everyone had to spread out their deadlines equally.What was the interpretation?

Suppose you see someone else cheat.Under what circumstance do you become LESS likely to cheat?​

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Alfred Kinsey's research discovered which of the following?

What is glucose?

What,if anything,does "gender-nonconforming" behavior in childhood predict?

If you see someone else cheat,do you become more likely to cheat also?

What did Masters and Johnson's research emphasize that previous writers had understated?

Which of the following differs,on average,between homosexual men and heterosexual men?

According to Abraham Maslow,what happens if you have several motivations at once?

If you estimate how likely you are to start work on your term paper tomorrow,what is the probable result?

In which of these ways does a man's sexual response differ from a woman's?

Which misconception did Masters and Johnson disprove?

What does insulin do?

Which of these is an example of an incentive motivation?

What did Masters and Johnson discover about a woman's sexual response?

How does "incentive motivation" differ from "drive"?

What is gender identity?

What is known about the prevalence of bisexuality?

Who conducted the first major survey of human sexual behavior?

What is the main assumption behind the human-relations approach or Theory Y?

In a class where students got to choose their own deadlines for three papers,students who chose to spread out their deadlines equally got the best grades,but they were only equal to students in another section where everyone had to spread out their deadlines equally.What was the interpretation?

Suppose you see someone else cheat.Under what circumstance do you become LESS likely to cheat?