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Question 191

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If a genetically based attraction to beautiful people contributes to survival,that trait will likely be passed on to subsequent generations. This best illustrates

A) extraversion.
B) natural selection.
C) behavior genetics.
D) neurotransmission.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Question 192

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John Watson is to Wilhelm Wundt as ________ is to ________.

A) biology; environment
B) observable behavior; inner sensations
C) mental illness; psychiatry
D) cognitive perspective; psychoanalytic perspective

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Question 193

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To understand the unusual behavior of an adult client,a clinical psychologist carefully investigates the client's current life situation and his physical,social-cultural,and educational history. Which research method has the psychologist used?

Consciousness is

When Leanne heard about experimental evidence that drinking orange juice triggers hyperactivity in children,she questioned whether the tested children had been randomly assigned to experimental conditions. Leanne's reaction best illustrates

Lissette wonders whether personality differences between her African-American and Asian-American friends result from biological or cultural influences. In this instance,Lissette is primarily concerned with the relative contributions of

Dr. Vazquez helps people to make career choices by assisting them in identifying their strengths and interests. Dr. Vazquez is most likely a

Speaking at Verbatim University's graduation ceremony,Professor Robson compared college and university graduates with adults who are less educated. She correctly noted that people with higher-education degrees pay more taxes,vote more frequently,engage in more volunteer activities in their communities,and are less likely to go to jail than less-educated adults. The professor concluded that colleges and universities obviously do great things for society. How might you reasonably challenge the way the professor reached her conclusion?

Because he has difficulty falling asleep at night,Professor Hogan doesn't go to bed until very late. Before he retires,he tries to wear himself out by running around the block several times. Then he treats himself to a beer and perhaps a pizza while preparing his lecture for the next day's early morning classes. What specific advice would you give the professor to help him fall asleep?

A laboratory cat could be made to twitch its whiskers by direct stimulation of the ________ lobes of its cerebral cortex.

When your best friend hears that you are taking a psychology course,she asserts that psychology is simply common sense. Explain why your awareness of both the limits of everyday reasoning and the methods of psychological research would lead you to disagree with your friend's assertion.

Who would be most likely to agree with the statement,"Psychology is the science of mental life"?

Psychologists who study,assess,and treat troubled people are called

The need to take larger and larger doses of a drug before experiencing its effects is an indication of

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the

Evolutionary psychologists attribute the human tendency to fear snakes and heights to

Kathy does not want to become a psychologist because she has no interest in analyzing emotionally disturbed people. Use your knowledge of psychology's perspectives and subfields to expand Kathy's limited understanding of career opportunities for psychologists.

REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because

Well-done surveys measure attitudes in a representative subset,or ________,of an entire group,or ________.

Which brain structure relays information from the eyes to the visual cortex?