Provide some criticism of the evolutionary perspective
What will be an ideal response?
1) The evolutionary perspective pays insufficient attention to the environmental and social factors affecting people's behavior; and 2) There is no good way to test theories experimentally derived from the evolutionary approach.
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Which of the following is true of the 1966 SVIB?
a. It included 54 occupations for men but only 32 for women. b. It had very serious problems with reliability. c. It was developed using the theoretical approach. d. The interest patterns are not stable over time.
Karin's mother took her into a rest room at Disney World. The loud and powerful flushing caused Karin to cry. When she and her parents returned home, they found that Karin would not go near the potty chair they were using for toilet training. They concluded that Karin developed a phobia as a result of
a) learned helplessness. b) operant conditioning. c) classical conditioning. d) vicarious conditioning.
Sirena administered a survey to her psychology class to poll them on their stress level in college. She hypothesized that students would report higher stress levels toward the end of the semester. Which step of the scientific method is she employing when she administers the survey?
A. Step 1 B. Step 2 C. Step 3 D. Step 4
A study that compares the verbal comprehension capacity of Baby Boomers to that of Millennials reflects what type of research design?
A. time-of-measurement B. cross-sectional C. sequential D. longitudinal