nicotine alcohol and many other drugs are pleasurable because they heighten levels of
What will be an ideal response?
dopamine
You might also like to view...
Critics have pointed to several weaknesses in the research used to make a case for the role of genetics on personality development. Their criticisms include each of the following points except one. Which one?
A. Dizygotic twins may share an environment more alike than the environment shared by monozygotic twins. B. Families who adopt children are different from those who do not adopt. C. Parents may treat adopted children differently than they treat biological children. D. Parents of dizygotic twins may look for and emphasize the differences between the twins more than parents of monozygotic twins.
Peer groups are most likely to exert influence
a. when the appropriate behavior is clear and well-defined. b. in subjective areas such as preferences in music and clothing. c. on clearly antisocial behaviors such as stealing. d. in unambiguous situations.
Which of the following statements is true of psychodynamic approaches to personality?
A. They focus on the external world in which a person lives and how external influences determine and affect personality. B. They emphasize people's inherent goodness and their tendency to move toward higher levels of functioning. C. They support the argument that important components of a person's personality are inherited. D. They state that behavior is triggered by inner forces that are beyond a person's awareness and are shaped by childhood experiences.
Which of the following is true of children's participation in organized sports?
A. Six- to nine-year-olds need shorter instruction time than older children while playing organized sports. B. Children from low-income families are more likely to engage in organized sports than those from high-income families. C. Children's participation in organized sports is high at 77.4 percent. D. Six- to nine-year-olds need rules that are less flexible than those for older children while playing organized sports.