Which of the following is NOT one of the main weaknesses in biological approaches to personality?
a. conceptual problems with heritability estimates
b. an overly optimistic view of human nature
c. the difficulty of separating the effects of nature and nurture
d. children's genes can affect their environment
B
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Vygotsky's term for temporary cognitive structures or methods of solving problems that help the child as he or she learns to function independently is ____.
A. improvising B. schematizing C. structuring D. scaffolding
Terrance is training for the track meet next week. His coach reminds him to be mentally focused for the event and to not anticipate the starting gun too much, as a false start would disqualify Terrance. This example demonstrates that reaction time is susceptible to____.?
a. ?stimulus-response incompatibility b. ?speed-accuracy trade-off c. ?complex decision-making d. ?expectancy
The psychoanalytic concept of a moral conscience would be
a. the ideal self. b. self-reinforcement. c. the superego. d. the trait of honesty.
The claim that the human eye has three receptors sensitive to color and that each is
maximally sensitive to a different wavelength, is called the __________ theory of color vision. a. opponent-process b. trichromatic c. three-cone d. Young-Hering e. three-hue