When your cat stalks and pounces on a bird, the cat is quiet, seemingly a cold-blooded killer, indicative of ______ aggression, but a cat when confronted by a mirror arches its back, bristles its fur, and hisses menacingly at its own reflection is indicative of ______ aggression.
A. predatory; defensive
B. offensive; affective
C. defensive; offensive
D. predatory; offensive
Answer: A
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a. dream analysis c. psychosocial mapping b. clinical assessment d. psychoanalytic assessment
A good theory
A) provides an ultimate truth. B) cannot be scientifically verified. C) describes, explains, and predicts behavior. D) is not influenced by the cultural values or beliefs of its time.
What do developmentalists call the average performance of a large sample of children of a given age?
A. a standard B. a median C. typical achievement D. a norm
You notice that your roommate has difficulty sleeping after consuming heavily caffeinated drinks. You know from your courses that caffeine can stimulate brain neurons that produce arousal (and that such arousal disturbs sleep function)
If you suggest to your roommate that his/her insomnia reflects the action of caffeine on brain function, your explanation would involve the process of a. reduction. b. superordinate causality. c. generalization. d. induction. e. falsification.