The focus on how mental activities help a person adapt to his or her environment is known as

a. functionalism.
b. phrenology
c. psychoanalysis.
d. Structuralism.


a. functionalism.

Psychology

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a. testicular torsion c. benign prostatic hypertrophy b. priapism d. cryptorchidism

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Most neurobiological research has focused on children who fall at opposite extremes of the __________ and __________ dimensions of temperament

A) positive-affect; fearful-distress B) activity-level; attention-span C) attention-span; irritable-distress D) activity-level; fearful-distress

Psychology

Alfonso is quick to forgive his son when he is mischievous, saying "boys will be boys."

His daughter, on the other hand, is frequently disciplined for minor offenses. Alfonso clearly favors the _______________ explanation for gender differences in behavior. a. socialization b. evolutionary c. biological d. ecological

Psychology

"Get a knife and cut yourself" is an example of a command hallucination.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology