What is the adaptive role of the capacity for categorization?

a. It allows you to approach each object as if it were completely novel. b. It offers a channel for the expression and interpretation of emotions.
c. It allows for sensory and motor exploration of new objects in the environment.
d. It reduces the amount of information that must be processed for each instance of the category.


d

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Heritability refers to

a. how much of a trait is influenced by genetic factors for a specific individual. b. the proportion of the differences in a trait among a group of people that is due to genetic differences among these people. c. the percentage of pairs of people where, if one person in the pair has the trait in question, the other person in the pair also has the trait in question. d. the degree to which one trait increases with increases in another trait.

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Genetics likely play a(n) role in explaining somatic symptom disorders

a. large b. moderate c. limited d. unrelated

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Group cohesion is determined by:

a. the arousal-cost-reward model b. the phenomenon called the risky shift c. how much group members perceive that they share common attributes d. formal rules used to obtain compliance from members of the group

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Research has found that the heritability of temperament is

A) moderately high. B) moderately low. C) very high. D) very low.

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