____ serve(s) as a filter for organizing large amounts of new information and avoiding potential harm
a. Cognitions
b. Emotions
c. The HPA axis
d. Benzodiazepine-GABA
b
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In science, a theory can be defined as
A) an educated guess. B) an explanation that explains and integrates numerous findings and observations into a coherent whole. C) a personal understanding of natural laws. D) a testable prediction.
Neo-Freudian theorists broadened psychodynamic theory by suggesting that
a. human nature is entirely rational. b. only conscious process are important. c. personality develops over the lifetime. d. systematic scientific research is not necessary.
Xavier is doing a research study investigating the moral decision making of people at various ages. He wants to know if older adults see moral issues differently than they would have when they were children,
so he gives his research subjects a moral dilemma and asks them to discuss the various moral issues involved. He then asks them to imagine how they would have answered the same question when they were adolescents. Xavier's research addresses which major issue of developmental psychology? a. Stability/Change b. Nature/Nurture c. Plasticity/Formidity d. Continuity/Stages
Gender identity ______________________________
a. refers to the biological status of being male or female b. develops much more quickly in females than males c. refers to the ability of children to identify themselves as male or female d. develops around age 5