Research suggests that pets
A) have personalities only their owners can detect.
B) demonstrate no awareness of their own existence.
C) do not have personalities.
D) cannot, in any valid way, be described in terms of personality traits.
E) are not emotionally connected to their owners.
Question 2Harlow's famous studies of rhesus monkeys in which infant monkeys were separated from their mothers was designed to test the notion of
A) primary drives.
B) self-reinforcement.
C) the drives of big bertha.
D) secondary drives.
E) tertiary drives.
Question 3Commitment, whether based in approach or avoidance motivation, predicts more relationship satisfaction several months later.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4If a researcher randomly assigns subjects to two groups at the beginning of an experiment, we can assume that at that point
a. The groups will have similar numbers of males and females.
b. The two groups will be similar with respect to IQ.
c. The two groups will be approximately equal in size.
d. all of these answers are correct
Question 5If a theory is classified as falsifiable, this means that the theory
A) could be claimed to be true based on misleading or counterfeit data.
B) has been stolen from another researcher.
C) represents the null hypothesis.
D) could be shown to be wrong by some type(s) of data.
E) has been shown to be wrong.
Question 6When a person is faced with an approach-avoidance conflict, as described by Dollard and Miller, the inability to satisfy these conflicts leads to
A) a lifetime of pain and rejection.
B) unawareness in one's surroundings.
C) an epiphany.
D) neurotic behavior.
E) mental illness.
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