If you set your home's thermostat to 68 degrees F, this setting is analogous to your body's
a. motivation
b. homeostasis.
c. set point.
d. drive state.
c
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A graduate student working for the researcher pretends to drop envelopes in order to study who will help pick them up. Why is this deception allowed?
A. Because it is studying benign behavior. B. Because research conducted in public areas is allowed small deceptions. C. Because the student is engaging in behavior that might commonly occur. D. Because knowing the student is part of a research project might change the responses of participants.
In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, interactions between parents and teachers occur in the
A) mesosystem. B) macrosystem. C) microsystem. D) exosystem.
Define heritability. Describe an example of a highly heritable trait and an example of a trait that would have low heritability
What will be an ideal response?
Children with unrealistically high self-esteem are likely to
A) be achievement-oriented. B) be hostile and aggressive. C) rely heavily on peers to affirm their self-worth. D) reject compliments from others.