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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

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It has been suggested that the fraternal birth-order effect is a result of


A) erotic plasticity.
B) refractory periods.
C) a maternal immune response.
D) mass-media norms.

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On mental rotation tasks,homosexual men perform


A) better than heterosexual men and worse than heterosexual women.
B) worse than heterosexual men and better than heterosexual women.
C) better than heterosexual men and better than heterosexual women.
D) worse than heterosexual men and worse than heterosexual women.

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Internal push is to external pull as ________ is to ________.


A) incentive;need
B) instinct;need
C) need;drive
D) need;incentive

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Jason is on his school's wrestling team.He hasn't eaten since early this morning because he is trying to make weight.It is now time for dinner.His stomach is growling and he feels very hungry.One reason for his hunger is that his


A) blood glucose level has dropped.
B) blood glucose level has increased.
C) leptin levels are high.
D) ghrelin production is low.

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Miguel wonders how his friend Diego can wake up at 5:00 every morning to swim laps before school.When he asks about it,Diego replies that he simply wants to realize his highest personal potential in swimming.Diego's explanation is most consistent with ________ theory of motivation.


A) instinct
B) drive-reduction
C) hierarchy of needs
D) arousal

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Dr.Gomez believes that behavior is motivated by the desire to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs that "push" us to behave in certain ways.Dr.Gomez's views are most consistent with ________ theories of motivation.


A) instinct
B) drive-reduction
C) incentive
D) arousal

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A starving rat will lose all interest in food if a specific neural center within the ________ is destroyed.


A) thalamus
B) adrenal gland
C) arcuate nucleus
D) pancreas

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The most basic or lowest-level need in Maslow's hierarchy of human motives includes the need for


A) self-esteem.
B) love and friendship.
C) religious fulfillment.
D) food and water.

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The desire for significant accomplishment;for mastery of skills or ideas;for control;and for attaining a high standard is called


A) need to belong.
B) affiliation
C) achievement motivation.
D) social isolation

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The fraternal birth-order effect refers to a factor associated with


A) pedophilia.
B) sexual dysfunction.
C) erectile disorder.
D) sexual orientation.

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American and South Korean collegians indicated that the satisfaction of ________ were the top two contributors to their peak moment in the past week.


A) hunger and thirst
B) academic and work responsibilities
C) self-esteem and belongingness needs
D) sexual and recreational desires

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Ty went to see his doctor because he has difficulty maintaining an erection and he experiences orgasms quickly.Ty was diagnosed with


A) orgasmic disorder.
B) HPV.
C) erectile disorder.
D) a paraphilia.

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Which theory has been accused of simply naming rather than explaining behaviors?


A) drive-reduction theory
B) homeostasis theory
C) arousal theory
D) instinct theory

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Alicia experiences distress due to recurrent vaginal pain that interferes with sexual intercourse.Her difficulty best illustrates a(n)


A) a refractory period.
B) sexual dysfunction.
C) paraphilia.
D) erectile disorder.

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With the removal of the ovaries,a woman's natural ________ level drops.


A) testosterone
B) ghrelin
C) orexin
D) serotonin

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Both religious activity and participation in service learning programs are predictors of


A) sexual orientation.
B) erotic plasticity.
C) teen sexual abstinence.
D) paraphilias.

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People consume more ice cream when scooping it with a big scoop rather than a small one.This best illustrates


A) base metabolic rate.
B) unit bias.
C) social facilitation.
D) neophobia .

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Cameron suffers from a sexually transmitted infection in which his immune system is no longer able to protect him from any other infectious diseases.Cameron most clearly suffers from


A) a paraphilia.
B) HPV.
C) erectile disorder.
D) AIDS.

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The arousal level of heterosexual men is ________ when they watch men having sex with women than when they watch men having sex with men.The arousal level of homosexual men is ________ when they watch men having sex with women than when they watch men having sex with men.


A) higher;lower
B) lower;higher
C) higher;higher
D) lower;lower

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