According to the article Chip Off the Old Block which discussed genetics and the Colorado Adoption Project, an automatic response to certain specific stimuli is the definition of:

(a) learning
(b) genetics
(c) instinct
(d) personality


C

Psychology

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Individuals who experienced early adversity may have structural and functional abnormalities in the __________, which may be implicated in depression.

A. hippocampus B. amygdala C. frontal lobes D. thalamus

Psychology

According to Cattell's view, which of the following is a necessary goal in life?

a. Self-actualization c. Tension reduction b. Fullest development of all factors d. None of these are correct.

Psychology

Your psychology professor is conducting research and desperately needs more participants because the existing subjects keep running from the building screaming! She tells the class that everyone must be a subject to get a grade in the class and that there are no exceptions. In terms of ethical treatment of research subjects, her policy would a. violate the informed consent concept of

competence. b. be acceptable as long as her procedures were presented to the institutional review board. c. be acceptable if she carefully explained the experiment to each participant and did allow participants to quit if they were uncomfortable during the procedure. d. violate the informed consent concept of volunteerism.

Psychology

Research on gender differences in communication

a. supports the stereotype that women are more talkative than men. b. found that when women have more power in work or relationships they are less likely to interrupt a man. c. men are more affected by status than women. d. indicates that men interrupt women more than women interrupt men.

Psychology