Peter believes that his newborn already detects a difference between when he walks away from her and when he walks toward her, and that she understands that these two actions will lead to different outcomes for her. Peter's beliefs are most similar to those of a(n)
a. empiricist.
b. psychoanalyst.
c. humanist.
d. nativist.
d
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A. walking while supporting herself on furniture B. walking by herself C. sitting without support D. crawling
The American Psychiatric Association has published a manual that is the most widely used classification system of psychological disorders. What is this manual called?
a. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) b. Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) c. Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM) d. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
In the information-processing model for task switching, executive processes include ___________ and __________
a. goal shifting, response selection c. attention shifting, goal development b. decision making, monitoring d. goal shifting, rule activation
Using Jeffrey Gray's theory of personality to explain antisocial personality disorder, we might hypothesize that psychopaths have a:
A. strong behavioral activation system (BAS). B. weak behavioral activation system (BAS). C. strong behavioral inhibition system (BIS). D. weak behavioral inhibition system (BIS).