The major shortcoming of the instinct concept is that:
a. instincts have never been shown to exist in any species.
b. the instinct concept is too complex an explanation of most motivated behavior.
c. asserting the existence of an instinct does not help us to understand the behavior in question.
d. it is too physiological in theoretical orientation.
c
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Nerves outside the skull and spine comprise the
a. peripheral nervous system. b. vascular nervous system. c. vagus nervous system. d. skeletal nervous system.
All but which of the following has limited the effectiveness of deinstitutionalization?
a. the lack of comprehensive community programs b. cracks in the system that leave patients to fend for themselves c. court decisions that reversed the policy of deinstitutionalization d. the problem of psychiatric homelessness e. the use of mental hospitals as "revolving doors"
Evidence exists for both negative and positive effects of TV on developing children. Present evidence for at least three potentially negative effects and at least two potentially positive effects
What will be an ideal response?
Failure to retrieve information when more recently learned information interferes is
called a. proactive interference. b. decay. c. motivated forgetting. d. retroactive interference. e. retrograde interference.