People sleep fewer hours than gorillas. According to Allison and Cichetti, this discrepancy might result from
a. superior human hunting abilities
b. the tendency for early humans to sleep out in the open, whereas gorillas sleep in nests.
c. the ability of humans to find safe shelters and their lesser likelihood of being prey.
d. the greater likelihood of humans to be prey.
c
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A) response; stimulus B) stimulus; response C) response; reinforcer D) stimulus; reinforcer
Fulero and Finkel (1991) conducted a study to investigate whether the presence of ultimate opinion testimony affected mock jurors' verdicts. What did they find?
A. Mock jurors who read ultimate opinion testimony were more likely to provide NGRI verdicts. B. Mock jurors who read differing penultimate opinions were more likely to provide NGRI verdicts. C. Mock jurors who read both penultimate opinions and ultimate opinion testimony were more likely to provide NGRI verdicts. D. Mock jurors' verdicts were not affected by the type of testimony presented.
According to the ______ theory of emotion as proposed by ______, people rely on the assessment of a situation to discriminate which emotion they are experiencing.
A. cognitive; Schacter and Singer B. behavioral; Schacter and Singer C. cognitive; James-Lange D. behavioral; James-Lange
Marriage has served all of the following functions EXCEPT
A) ?defining inheritance rights. B) ?providing a structure d economic partnership. C) ?regulating sexual behavior to some degree. D) ?providing a secure place to ensure happiness.