If you wonder about the adaptive purpose of a common behavior (such as toddlers following their mothers around or teenagers wanting more independence from their parents), your wondering would be MOST consistent with the principles of

a. cultural psychology.
b. humanism.
c. biological psychology.
d. evolutionary psychology.


D

Psychology

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a. The brain areas that control heart rate and breathing have few marijuana receptors. b. If marijuana begins to slow heart rate, people become placid and stop using the drug. c. Opiates cause sodium to enter neurons, and marijuana causes potassium to enter. d. Opiates dissolve in the fats of the body, but marijuana does not.

Psychology

The three goals discussed in the textbook with regard to studying are:

A. time goal, specific goal, general performance goal B. cognitive goal, specific goal, specific time goal C. time goal, general goal, specific performance goal D. rewarded goal, concrete goal, time goal

Psychology

Piaget described the preoperational child as an egocentric, animistic thinker. He also believed the preoperational child to be incapable of conservation. Describe Piaget's basis for his conclusions, and explain why current developmentalists believe preoperational children to be more cognitively capable than Piaget maintained

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology