Which statement is true regarding the effects of genes and environment on temperament and personality?

a. Genes contribute little to no individual differences in temperament.
b. Genes account for nearly all of the individual differences in temperament.
c. Nonshared environmental influences contribute nothing to individual differences in temperament.
d. The shared environment of the home does not appear to make siblings more similar in temperament or personality.


d

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Although a person should seek professional help when a significant problem exists, lesser difficulties may be treated by using ________ on oneself

a. logotherapy b. psychodrama c. behavior principles d. somatic techniques

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Heroin, morphine, methadone, and oxycodone are members of a class of drugs called ______.

a. hallucinogens b. opioids c. amphetamines d. stimulants

Psychology

According to the text, which theory of sleep does the best job of explaining why there are such large differences in the amount of time that the members of various mammalian species spend sleeping?

A) recuperative theory B) Freudian theory C) adaptation theory D) activation-synthesis theory E) sandman theory

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You decide to take a job house-sitting for one of your professors. She lives in a big, creepy old house in the Dundee area, and as it gets later and later at night, you think you hear noises outside of something scratching trying to get in. You recently heard a news story that there might be a chupacabra (a scary animal) in the area, but you're not sure whether it's true. With each scratch, you become more and more scared. Just when you're on the brink of panicking, your mom calls you on your phone, which is in your pocket, and set to ring as well as vibrate. This sudden noise and movement when you were already becoming increasingly scared was enough to make you jump out of your chair and scream. This is an example of:

What will be an ideal response?

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