You walk into class and find the following words on the board: mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, and nocioreceptors. Based on these words, what will you conclude was the topic of the lecture?

In their research studies, contemporary psychologists rely heavily upon

a. empirical evidence. b. anecdotes from personal experience. c. individual case descriptions. d. phrenology.

Innate physiological dispositions to respond to the environment in certain ways that are present in infancy are called

a. personalities. b. aptitudes. c. temperaments. d. traits.