Derek is working on a thesis on the changes in social behavior in the context of finding partners. An important part of his study concerns the various practices followed by males and females over the course of generations and how they have gradually transformed into our current social norms. Derek can be called a(n) _____ psychologist
A) personality
B) developmental
C) clinical
D) evolutionary
D
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What is the current consensus regarding the relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)and oppositional-defiant disorder (ODD)?
a. The two disorders are essentially the same. b. ODD tends to resolve itself with time, while ADHD is more often a lifelong problem. c. The two disorders are fundamentally different. d. The two are separate but frequently comorbid.
Hazel got a puppy. She knows that puppies are animals. Her next-door neighbor has a cat. Hazel's mother tells her that both puppies and cats are animals. As a result, Hazel changes her scheme of animals to include cats. Changing a scheme to incorporate new information is called
a. assimilation. b. reaction range. c. augmentation. d. accommodation.
David McClelland (1958) selected pictures from the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) to further the study of the
a. need to affiliate. c. need for aggression. b. need for dominance. d. need to achieve.
The use of objects that can be traded for food, candy, treats, or special privileges with the purpose of reinforcing behavior is called ________
a) participant modeling technique b) contingency contract c) group extinction procedure d) token economy