Evolutionary psychology differs from other perspectives in its focus on the extremely long process of evolution as a central explanatory principle

a. true
b. false


Answer: a. true

Psychology

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Ruth Hamilton believed having many students of differing levels in one classroom was good for children. This supports the idea that individuals

a. need external control of their environment b. are influenced by society c. only learn from direct instruction d. learn the most through competition

Psychology

According to Freud, because they already feel castrated, females are less driven to identify with their mothers than boys are with their fathers. Because of this, females are less effective in creating

a. an ego. b. congruence. c. a conscience. d. a fixation.

Psychology

The discovery that other animals in addition to humans display categorical perception provides evidence that

a. with the right training, animals will someday be able to discriminate human speech. b. animals can learn to make the same discriminations humans do among classes of objects, such as vehicles, foods, and clothing. c. humans may not have an innate and specialized auditory capacity designed to process speech sounds. d. the visual ability to distinguish different sets of objects in the environment is similar in animals to that in humans.

Psychology

According to Buxton, it is okay to sleep less than the optimum duration as long as:

A. it falls in the appropriate circadian circle. B. it is at a place with appropriate lighting. C. it encourages appropriate metabolic cleansing. D. it is done right after learning a task.

Psychology