Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat who had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that
A) aggression is species specific.
B) aggressive instincts can be modified through experience.
C) conflict over scarce resources contributes to aggression.
D) aggression is an entirely learned response.
E) aggressive behaviour is not instinctive.
B) aggressive instincts can be modified through experience.
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A. generational digression B. proximal distance C. social comparison D. role ambiguity
Community psychologists who seek to increase public awareness of social issues such as homelessness, children in poverty, child maltreatment, violence toward women, and the psychological and social effects of war, illustrate what emerging trend in the field?
a. collaborative, participatory research b. awareness of global diversity c. concern with social justice d. concern with sense of community
Which term refers to the degree to which one is religious and why?
A. fundamentalism B. religiosity C. religion as quest D. faith perspective
Whole-word recognition is
a. a slower process than phonetic recognition. b. common in inexperienced readers. c. most likely to occur with familiar words. d. a bottom-up process. e. most useful for languages that have few irregularities.