The influence of personal and cultural experience on our wants and desires can most clearly be seen in the influence of ________ on motivation.
a. instincts
b. homeostasis
c. incentives
d. drives
e. needs
Answer: c. incentives
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Children’s behavior has been observed to improve after ___________
a. parents in a low-conflict relationship undergo divorce b. a child lives with a single mother who does not remarry c. parents in a high-conflict relationship undergo divorce d. divorced parents become more permissive
Chapter 7 discussed a study by Hartwig and Dunlosky, who assessed whether college students' study techniques were correlated with their college grades. This research showed that
showed that a. there was a strong correlation between the measures of "study techniques" and grades in college. b. the study was flawed, because of the research was acknowledged to have a serious problem with the issue that "correlation is not necessarily causation." c. surprisingly, there was no correlation between any of the variables. d. there was actually a negative correlation between study techniques and grades in college, probably because the students with the lowest grades actually exaggerated the amount of time spent studying.
Researchers find that people high in negative affect also tend to have a higher number of health complaints. This is probably because
A. they have more health problems than most people. B. they complain more than most people. C. they have more health problems and they complain more than most people. D. they are low in positive affect.
In the brain, nicotine:
a. stimulates the production of dopamine b. interferes with the reuptake of dopamine c. binds to serotonin receptors d. stimulates the production of receptors