Pheromones are believed to serve an adaptive function for humans due to their influence on:
A. sexual behavior.
B. appetite regulation.
C. emotional memory.
D. risk avoidance.
Answer: A
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b. Their test scores accurately reflect how well they do in everyday life. c. They say they feel a high degree of stress. d. They believe they have control over their lives.
Obtaining a complete understanding of aggressive behavior requires that
A. we focus on the unconscious motives behind our aggressions. B. we examine aggression from a variety of theoretical perspectives. C. we only examine the evolutionary basis of aggression. D. we focus our attention on the cognitions involved in aggressive choices.
Harvey, who is undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation, fails very easy test items and performs below chance levels on alternative-choice test items. According to Rogers et al. (1993) and others, the examiner should suspect
a. localization of brain injury in the frontal lobes. b. localization of brain injury in the temporal lobes. c. inappropriate test selection by the examiner. d. malingering.
Which statement best describes the search for “laws” in psychology?
a. The use of neural imaging has led to the rapid development of psychological laws. b. Psychological phenomena are typically unreliable, so any attempt to codify laws is fruitless. c. No universal laws in psychology exist. d. Early psychologists discovered laws of nature in psychology similar to those of the physical sciences.