Psychologists who accept the idea of the "blank slate" would be likely to agree with which of the following statements?
a. "Human behavior is caused by our genetic inheritance"
b. "Human behavior is caused by experience and learning"
c. "Human behavior is cause by an interaction of nature and nurture"
d. "Human behavior is not determined but is an expression of our free will"
b
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Many former mental patients have ended up in the street as America's homeless. Which of the following is probably at least partially responsible?
A. the failures of psychoanalysis B. moral treatment movement C. community mental health centers D. deinstitutionalization
Mature religious orientations are associated:
a. with excessive self-interest b. with high blood pressure in patients c. positively with physical health d. with a decrease in genetic defects in children
One hypothesis with growing research support is that children with autism are __________
A) flexible, goal-oriented thinkers B) high in emotional intelligence C) skilled with nonverbal communication D) impaired in executive function
The retinal image is upside down. How do we turn it upside up?
(a) the mind's eye has a mental retina that reinverts it (b) this is a pseudoquestion; it cannot be answered because it is framed incorrectly (c) it is reinverted by the crossover in the optic system known as the optic chiasm (d) this is a deep philosophical question that has not yet been satisfactorily answered