The nature/nurture debate considers
a. why genes are more influential in development than environment.
b. why the environment is more important in development than evolution.
c. the relationship(s) between genetics, environment, and human development.
d. whether people grow in a continuous or a "start and stop" fashion.
c
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Which of the following is a defining characteristic of biologically oriented psychologists?
A) They believe that self-awareness, experience, and choice permit us to invent ourselves and our ways of relating to the world as we progress through life. B) They study the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior and mental processes. C) They investigate the ways we perceive and mentally represent the world, remember the past, plan for the future, solve problems, form judgments, make decisions, and use language. D) They study the role of heredity in behavior and mental processes such as psychological disorders, criminal behavior, and thinking.
Victims of child sexual abuse are most likely to be
a. males under 5 years of age b. males or females 3 to 8 years of age c. males and females 9 to 12 years of age d. males 13 to 16 years of age
Scientific evidence regarding the effects of aging on the nervous system seems to have changed over the last decade. Which statement below would NOT be supported by today's evidence?
a. Neurons are capable of changing with age. b. After a person reaches the age of 8, his or her neurons do not grow dendrites to make new connections. c. Some neuron pruning in old age may serve the same purpose as pruning in infancy. d. Scientists' estimates of daily neuron loss in old age have declined significantly in the last 20 years.
A(n) ___ is an arrangement in which an adolescent "novice" serves under a contract to a "master" who has substantial experience in a profession in order to acquire skills related to that profession
a. internship b. mentorship c. vocation d. apprenticeship