The study of heredity is called:

a. etiology. c. biology.
b. genetics. d. eugenics.


B

Psychology

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Who is most likely to support the statement, “Our genetic predisposition determines our behavior?”

a. a psychical determinist b. a sociocultural determinist c. a environmental determinist d. a biological determinist

Psychology

People with Broca's aphasia have difficulties with language __________, whereas people with Wernicke's aphasia have difficulties with language __________.

A. fluency; comprehension B. comprehension; fluency C. sensation; perception D. perception; sensation

Psychology

Which of the following statements is true of the unconscious?

A) It has been scientifically proven that the unconscious doesn't exist. B) The unconscious is a complete mystery; nothing is known about it. C) Every approach to psychology ignores the unconscious. D) Personality psychology struggles to understand how and to what extent the unconscious plays a role in behavior. E) Personality psychology struggles to prove that the unconscious plays a role in behavior.

Psychology

In Beck's view of therapy, people should

a. discard faulty schemas and build new ones. b. try to add new preconceptions rather than discarding old ones. c. engage in more automatic thinking and less controlled thinking. d. try to reduce the complexity of their self-schemas.

Psychology