Sapolsky and colleagues found that physical health in wild baboons was associated with
A. amount of human presence.
B. social rank.
C. intercolony conflict.
D. availability of food.
Answer: B
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a. constitute major psychiatric disorders b. are considered part of the spectrum of problems coexisting with intellectual disability c. often are not severe enough to require intervention d. have prevalence rates comparable to those of the general population
In Papousek's conditioning of infants to turn their heads to a buzzer or a bell to receive milk, what were his findings?
a. The earlier the training began, the older the infants were before they mastered the task. b. The later the training began, the older the infants were before they mastered the task. c. The earlier that any training begins, the earlier the infants can master a task. d. The time when training begins has little effect on infants' ability to master a task.
The prejudice that results when groups of people compete for the same opportunities to make a living provides an example of ____.?
a. ?the mere exposure effect b. ?reciprocity c. ?bystander apathy d. ?realistic-conflict theory
According to the authors of the textbook, what is a key reason why psychology took almost 300 years longer than physics, biology, and chemistry to become scientific?
A) Early scientific methodology was too primitive to use to study the mind. B) Laws were passed in the 1600s that made studying the mind illegal. C) Few people were interested in the mind and behavior prior to the 20th century. D) The zeitgeist of the 1600s prevented people from believing that science could be applied to the study of the mind.