The link between consistently using physical punishment to discipline a child and that child's later aggression ________.
A. demonstrates that physical punishment is an effective disciplinary technique
B. illustrates why physical punishment reduces aggression in preschoolers
C. disappears after controlling for other factors that might otherwise account for the relationship
D. remains even after controlling for child, parenting, and family characteristics
Answer: D
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a. looking at the top of the face to looking at the bottom of the face. b. looking at the bottom of the face to looking at the top of the face. c. looking at the outer contour of the face to looking at the interiors of the face. d. looking at the interiors of the face to looking at the outer contour of the face.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Social behavior evolves and is transmitted from generation to generation. b. Behavior patterns are termed species-specific because they evolve within certain species. c. Instinctive behavior can be modified by learning. d. Psychologists have found no human behaviors that are instinctive.
Researchers such as Köhler and Tolman, in the early part of the 20th century argued that:
a. behavior is the result of stimulus-response connections b. behavior can be seen as the result of drives within the organism c. organisms engage in active information processing d. unconscious desires are the basis of human behavior
Brentano believed that Wundt’s emphasis on systematic experimentation was ____
a. correct b. somewhat justifiable, but too focused on the big picture c. the primary method for answering questions definitively d. wrong