Angell argued that the goal of psychology was to study how the mind serves the adaptation of the organism to its environment
a.
True
b.
False
True
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Cross-cultural studies find similar patterns of what men and women look for in their spouses across many different cultures. These findings support evolutionary personality theory because they suggest that mate preferences do not merely reflect differences in
A. social learning patterns. B. the genetic makeup of different cultures. C. inherited human characteristics. D. economic opportunities in different cultures.
The dual process hypothesis of sleep describes
a. how the slow wave sleep early in the night brings activation levels down so the brain can be refreshed and less important memories can fade. b. how random activity in lower brain centers results in the manufacture of relatively bizarre dreams by higher brain centers. c. how dreams reflect everyday waking thoughts and emotions. d. why a dreamer feels awake and capable of normal thoughts and actions.
Charlie Parker has experienced several pairings of electric shock with the Debbie Gibson song "Reverse Psychology" and has been successfully conditioned to react with anxiety to the song. Now, instead of being paired with the shock, the song is paired with a flashing green light (a previously neutral stimulus). If Charlie still reacts with anxiety when the green light is flashed without the song, he will have
A. been shaped. B. displayed higher-order conditioning. C. displayed spontaneous conditioning. D. successfully discriminated stimuli.
Sarah was driving home after a particularly difficult day at work when someone cut her off and almost caused her to wreck her car. Still shaken from her near miss,
she arrived home to find that her spouse had not yet started dinner, as he had promised to do. Sarah angrily accused him of being "a lazy bum" and started an argument with him. This situation can best be explained by ________. A) the frustration-aggression hypothesis B) a hostile attributional bias C) the excitation transfer theory D) the provocation theory E) the catharsis hypothesis