Proponents of modern evolutionary theory argue that preselected, adaptive motives and behaviors are those that
a. ensure the survival and spread of the individual's genes.
b. ensure the survival of the individual.
c. ensure the formation of emotional ties to caregivers.
d. encourage the learning of survival techniques.
A
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a. appetite. b. weight. c. sleep. d. all of these may change during a depressive episode.
Which is the best explanation, that is based on classical conditioning, for why diet beverages do not prevent people from gaining weight?
a. Diet beverages actually have more calories than regular beverages. b. The artificially sweetened beverages seem to stimulate hunger for high-calorie foods. c. People who drink diet beverages typically eat more food than those who drink only water. d. Diet drinks elicit conditioned emotional reactions that lead people to overeat.
A seemingly arbitrary flash "out of the blue," through which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you "figured it out," is called __________.
A. brainstorming B. priming C. insight D. a mental set
According to your text, the idea that humans share many characteristics and developmental processes to other living things due to our common evolutionary history is knows as:
a. phylogenetic continuity b. apoptosis c. norm of reaction d. epigenesist