According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, an infant's attachment to the mother is primarily a result of:
a. fulfillment of oral needs.
b. sexual desire of the infant for the mother.
c. reinforcement and shaping of the infant's behavior by the mother.
d. none of these.
A
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a. stress reduction, personal fitness, and wellness consciousness. b. education, pressure resistance, behaviors, and body image. c. cognitive restructuring, family support, and willpower. d. adversity identification and personal warning signs.
The two chemical families to which most antipsychotic drugs belong are ____
a. phenothiazines and butyrophenones b. tricyclics and MAOIs c. nitrates and glucocorticoids d. benzodiazepines and antihistamines
Which statement about polygraph tests is FALSE?
A) It is only possible for trained people to beat these tests. B) Its results are based entirely on an individual's physiological response to stress. C) Increasing the sensitivity of the test increases the likelihood that it will incorrectly report that someone is lying. D) They are the most reliable instruments for detecting when a person is lying.
According to Kohlberg, mature moral thinkers
A) view moral understanding as merely academic and unrelated to moral action. B) realize that behaving in line with their beliefs is vital for creating and maintaining a just social world. C) do not believe in a common justice morality and, thus, act less prosocially than lower-stage adolescents. D) tend to place greater weight on caring than on justice-based reasoning.