Emotions are complex in nature. Some philosophers have argued that emotions have evolved to help species adapt to their environment. This view of emotions is best illustrated by what approach?
A. Functionalism
B. Empiricism
C. Structuralism
D. Foundationalism
E. Positivism
A. Functionalism
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When people report the presence or absence of a stimulus, they make correct judgments, misses, and false alarms. Which field deals with analyzing their answers?
a. Opponent-process theory b. The Young-Helmholtz theory c. Gestalt theory d. Signal-detection theory
What will people most likely do when they encounter information that is at odds with an existing schema?
a. They will simply rely on the information (and ignore their schema). b. They will automatically incorporate that information into their existing schema. c. They will tend to engage in more deliberate thought about the topic at hand. d. They will automatically create a new schema altogether.
Todd is a twenty-seven-year-old stockbroker. One of Todd's more striking features is his height—just 4 feet 2 inches tall. His parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are all over six feet tall. Based on your knowledge of the interplay between genetics and environmental factors, what is the most likely explanation for Todd's height?
a. ?an inherited gene b. ?an early childhood illness c. ?a sedentary lifestyle d. ?genotype normalization
Which of the following is not true of the analysis of variance?
a. It is used for experiments with two or more sample means. b. It determines whether significant differences exist in an experiment involving more than two conditions. c. It has a higher rate of Type I error than the two-sample t-tests. d. It is a parametric procedure.