1. A prisoner who has been in solitary confinement is released back into the general population four days early due to good behavior. Which type of conditioning is being used in this case?

2. An on-duty nurse receives a call at the hospital in which the caller identifies himself as a doctor. He advises the nurse to give a large dose of medication to a patient. The highest allowable dose of the medication is 10 mg; however, the doctor advises the nurse to administer 20 mg. Despite the possible deadly consequences of such a high dose, the nurse administers the medication without asking any questions. This is an example of

3. A family immigrates to a new country and strives to fit in. The parents insist the children speak only the new language in the home, and the adults strive to join many social groups and make many new friends from their new country. Which term is this cultural process is known as?

4. Which of the following identity formation theories BEST describes that a person's self-identity grows out of interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others?

5. Which of the following BEST takes the view that people become criminals when characterized as such and when they accept the characterization as a personal identity?

6. Which of the following BEST describes groups making decisions that are more than the initial inclinations of its members?

7. Breast development in boys during adolescence is typically unwanted in Western cultures. What causes unwanted breast development to occur?

8. The 'fight or flight' experience is centered in which system in the body?

9. Which of the following is the BEST example of a fundamental attribution error?

10. According to sociocognitive theory, the development of prejudice in self-identity begins at a young age. For example, small children are likely to believe that girls are not good at sports and that boys get into trouble more often. At what age is this likely to start to turn around to a more positive viewpoint?

11. Which of the following is the term used when a specific recollected experience is incorrectly determined to be the source of a memory?

12. Spatial cognition and cognitive mapping are often found in which of the following?

13. Typically, what is the MAIN difference between how Eastern and Western cultures value aging?

14. Which of the following models or theories includes persuasion as a major component?

15. Environmental justice advocates frequently make the argument that minority populations disproportionally undertake or are subjected to environmentally hazardous activities because they have few economic alternatives and/or are not fully aware of the risks involved. Which of the following is the STRONGEST statement a person questioning this kind of environmental racism might make?

16. A child can hear a sound that an adult cannot hear. Why is this the case?

17. A child knows that thunder is caused by lightning but does not understand the causal mechanism between the two. In which stage of Piaget's developmental model does the child most likely belong?

18. All of the following are examples of social institutions EXCEPT

19. The sense of having always known a person whom we just met is an example of which of the following in romantic love?

20. The graduate student's decision to continue implementing the new method instead of reverting to the more familiar, traditional method despite her supervisors' cognitive dissonance means she probably had a high level of

21. Which of the following is an example of bottom-up processing?

22. Which of the following is the BEST example of what cognitive dissonance may have looked like in this research study?

23. All of the following are forms of signals that animals use, EXCEPT

24. An adult who has a caregiver, such as a family member, is exhibiting signs of withdrawal from social activities, lack of alertness, bruises, and frequent arguments with his caregiver. He is MOST likely exhibiting signs of

25. Which of the following theories focuses on how individuals learn to become criminals but does not concern itself with why they become criminals?