Jamil and Qasim are identical twins, reared in different homes after their birth, due to the death of their parents. They are nineteen years of age and have personalities that differ sharply from each other. The reason of this difference in personality is most likely due to:

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1. Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?

   A. Linear perspective
   B. Relative size
   C. Interposition
   D. Accommodation

2. Compared to fraternal twins, identical twins are much more similar in:

   A. neuroticism
   B. temperament
   C. extroversion
   D. all of the above

3. Which of the following are NOT necessarily characteristics of an authoritarian personality? people with authoritarian personalities tend to:
   1.Have experienced harsh family rearing strategies.
   2.Hate their parents.
   3.Idolize power figures.
   4.Strive for a changing world order.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 2 & 4
   D. 1 & 3

4. The light around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession However, Jamil did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jamil’s perception illustrates:

   A. Feature detection.
   B. Bottom-up processing
   C. Pre-attentive processing
   D. The phi phenomenon

5. Dr. Jamil wants to study the effects of poverty on one’s self concept. To do this he interviews a group of subjects from the inner city once every five years for a period of 30 years. This experiment is an example of what type-of study?

   A. Correlational study
   B. cross sectional study
   C. Gesell’s dome
   D. longitudinal study

6. Parents in Westernized cultures are more likely than parents in Asian cultures to encourage children to value:

   A. enduring friendships
   B. nonconformity
   C. cultural traditions
   D. norms.

7. Identical twins raised separately and found to have similar IQ are cited as examples of the contribution made to intelligence by _____________?

   A. environment
   B. heredity
   C. infant stimulation
   D. parental interaction

8. If you know the personality of an identical twin, you can expect the personality of the other twin to be:

   A. unrelated
   B. similar
   C. identical
   D. conflicting

9. Jamil has a lack of interest in friends or lovers and experiences very little emotion. He can be described as having which of the following personality disorders?

   A. avoidant
   B. schizoid
   C. borderline
   D. paranoid

10. Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

    A. social
    B. family
    C. psychological
    D. biological