Professor Honshu has noticed over the years that people are demonstrating fewer social communication skills than in the past. Based on her research, she attributes this to our fast paced society of drive-thrus,
texting, iPods, and the Internet. This is consistent with which of the following points mentioned in the text?
A) Modern technology violates principles of natural selection.
B) Technological factors can override so-called "natural" inclinations.
C) Technological features of our culture can have a powerful effect on our social behavior.
D) none of the above
Answer: C
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A) nature...nurture B) nurture...nature C) nature...nature D) nurture...nurture
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a. Major depression c. Dissociative disorder b. Schizophrenia d. Bipolar disorder
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a. moving people from psychiatric hospitals to other venues for treatment. b. moving people into psychiatric hospitals from other venues for treatment. c. moving the mentally ill homeless people into psychiatric hospitals for treatment. d. providing psychotherapy to the mentally ill people.
Babbling ______________________
a. occurs only if the infant can hear b. is found only in infants from the Western Hemisphere c. is universal d. is the stage immediately before cooing