According to Kelly, the primary impetus of behavior lies in the
a) past.
b) present.
c) future.
d) behavioral inhibition system.
Answer: c) future.
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Chapter 9 discussed a study by Marks and Fraley, who asked people to read a brief story about the sexual history of either a male or a female. This individual had either zero or 19 previous sexual partners. Later, the participants were asked to estimate the number of positive and negative comments about the person, as mentioned in the story. The results showed that
a. people recalled roughly the same number of positive and negative comments about the man with 19 partners, compared with the female with 19 partners. b. people recalled a greater number of positive comments and fewer negative comments for the man with 19 partners, compared with the woman with 19 partners. c. there was no evidence of a sexual double standard. d. female participants recalled more negative comments for the female with 19 partners, and male participants recalled more negative comments for the male with 19 partners.
Regarding Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Freud suggested that animal drives and instinctual pleasures are contained in the id. b. Freud uses the reality principle and the pleasure principle to explain the governing principles of the ego and the id. c. Freud believed that the id, ego, and superego were structures in the brain that would eventually be located. d. The id is proposed to be the only psychic structure that is present at birth. e. Freud felt that the superego develops between ages three and five.
Children are _________ posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A. more likely than adults to develop B. less likely than adults to develop C. about equally likely as adults to develop D. incapable of developing
Most births throughout history were administered by _____
a. midwives b. nurses c. physicians d. shamans