Watson’s final position on instincts was that:

a. human behavior is largely instinctive
b. humans have only a few powerful instincts
c. humans are born with powerful instincts but they are soon displaced by learned behavior
d. humans have no instincts


d. humans have no instincts

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In Jung's theory, what is the "collective unconscious"?

a. Symbols and images from our ancestors' experiences b. The processes that deal with sensations that did not gain our attention c. The repository of thoughts and impulses that we repressed d. The understandings that people come to share after knowing each other for years

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Compared to her brother, Bree is having a tougher time adjusting to her new stepfather. One reason that this may happen is that __________.

A. boys generally like having a stepfather with whom they can play sports B. girls often view the stepfather as disrupting their relationship with their mother C. girls tend to maintain a stronger bond with the father (even though he does not have custody) than boys D. girls tend to view the stepfather as making their mothers less happy

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Describe how light resets the SCN.

What will be an ideal response?

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The textbook authors note that the word for mother in most languages begins with an "m" or "n" sound. They speculate that this may be because

A) these phonemes tend to be the first that children acquire. B) all languages have the same origin. C) these are the most common phonemes in all languages. D) they all derive from the Latin word mater.

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