We can gain new knowledge through reason and logic, but the accuracy of our conclusions is dependent upon:
a. the laws of probability.
b. our own experiences.
c. the accuracy of our assumptions.
d. parsimony.
C
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Research on genes and personality indicates that the heritability estimates for personality traits is approximately a. 15%
b. 25%. c. 50%. d. 75%.
The mental process that involves using and applying knowledge to solve problems, make plans or decisions, and achieve goals is:
a. reasoning c. emotion b. memory d. language
When Sigmund Freud studied with Jean Charcot in France, why did he become
convinced that patients' hysteria was caused by unconscious processes? (a) The patients themselves thought their hysteria was due to unconscious processes. (b) Charcot was successfully treating the patients using hypnosis. (c) Neither Freud nor Charcot could find anything physically wrong with the patients. (d) Brain surgery on the patients confirmed it.
Positive reinforcement is to the __________ of a stimulus as negative reinforcement is to the __________ of a stimulus
a. changing; ignoring b. presentation; removal c. removal; presentation d. ignoring; changing