You meet a scientist who tells you that she studies the extent to which heredity and environment impact individual differences in human traits and development. This scientist works in the field of
A. behavior intervention.
B. cognitive genetics.
C. behavior genetics.
D. gene therapy.
Answer: C
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In classical conditioning to stop bed-wetting, what are the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the conditioned response (CR)? a. The CS is a vibration that wakens the child. The CR is waking up
b. The CS is the sensation of a full bladder. The CR is wetting the bed. c. The CS is the sensation of a full bladder. The CR is a vibration that wakens the child. d. The CS is the sensation of a full bladder. The CR is waking up.
Which of the following is not one of the four fundamental questions dealt with by evolutionary psychology??
a. ?What explains the current nature of the human mind? b. ?What are the components, parts, and processes of the mind and how are they designed and organized? c. ?What accounts for the present nature of the human behavior? d. ?What are the functions of the mind? e. ?In what ways do stimuli from the environment interact with the genetically determined predispositions of the mind to determine behavior?
The two pieces of information obtained from a correlation coefficient are
A. the extent of external validity and internal validity of a study. B. interobserver reliability and percent agreement between two observers. C. the direction and strength of the relationship between two variables. D. the predictive relationship and the causal inference between two variables.
A likely cause of satiety is
a. an increase in metabolic rate. b. a stomach full of food. c. the cessation of contraction of the muscles of the stomach. d. replenished stores of nutrients. e. glycogen depletion.