Parents who are overprotective of a child they did not want may be exhibiting ______
a. a reaction formation c. denial
b. sublimation d. projection
a
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Pete is obsessed with putting things in order. Among other things, he alphabetizes his old record collection, neatly folds and organizes his clothes by type and colour, and maintains all of his financial records in strict chronological order. He is constantly checking these items to make sure that they are in order, and he feels great distress when they are not. It is likely that Pete has:
A) claustrophobia. B) obsessive-compulsive disorder. C) generalized anxiety disorder. D) agoraphobia.
_____ refers to a change in an organism's behavior or thinking that is a direct result of experience
A) Learning B) Adaptation C) Memory D) Accommodation
Early investigations of the hereditary basis of genius were associated primarily with the name of
__________, whereas the research conducted by __________ was motivated by interest in identifying mentally retarded children. A) Galton, Binet B) Galton, Cattell C) Binet, Cattell D) Darwin, Binet
Researchers have identified ways in which genes impact the environment. Which of the following examples best illustrates this point?
a) Height, which is genetically determined, leads children to pursue interests associated with their height. b) Children who are exposed to certain experiences may find their genes mutate to adapt to their experience. c) Parents engage in gene selection when selecting mates and therefore are more likely to have children that share traits that are congruent with the experiences they can offer their child. d) Children adapt quickly to the environment and in doing so rely on sometimes recessive genes that “kick in” when the environment requires a certain skill set.