Psychologists who share the value of determinism may attribute the causes of a person's behaviors to _____
a. genetic predispositions
b. a desire to gain a reward such as notoriety
c. a personality trait such as greed
d. any of these
D
There are many different causes that can be used to explain behavior. Some of them are listed here. Determinists do not agree as to WHAT the specific causes of various behaviors are,but they agree that the behaviors DO have a cause.
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Which of the following factors plays the largest role in whether high density is experienced as crowding?
a. age of the person b. gender of the person c. the dominance or passivity of the persons involved d. relationships among the people involved
The Hawthorne effect refers to a. the relationship between working conditions and job satisfaction. b. the finding that workers who were given special attention increased their productivity regardless of whatactual changes were made in the work setting
c. the fact that employees become so engaged in their work that they are immune to environmentalmanipulations. d. the tendency for bright levels of illumination to decrease worker productivity.
Glial cells whose function most closely resembles that of the immune system are called ____
a. oligodendrocytes b. Schwann cells c. microglia d. radial glia
Among methods of studying the brain, __________ measures electricity, whereas
__________ measures magnetism. a. electrolytic lesions; transcranial magnetic stimulation. b. MRI; CT scan c. microelectrodes; magnetoencephalography d. PET; MRI e. CT scan; PET