A recent research study on alcoholism suggests that while use of illegal drugs is influenced by environmental factors, abuse and dependence are more influenced by
a. genetic factors
b. psychological factors.
c. nonbiological factors.
d. cultural factors.
a
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What did Demiray and Janssen (2015) find when they asked adults between 18 and 80 years of age to report the most important events from their lives and to rate those memories in a number of different ways? a. Respondents felt psychologically closer to memories that were positive rather than negative. b. Respondents did not remember the details of negative events that had occurred more than 5
or 10 yearsbefore they were asked. c. Respondents felt psychologically closer to memories that were negative rather than positive. d. Respondents did not remember the details of positive events that had occurred more than 5 or 10 years beforethey were asked.
Jill's mother and father both have brown eyes, yet she has blue eyes. She has come to believe that she is not her parents' actual biological daughter. What would you tell her?
a. Her mother and father probably carry the recessive trait for blue eyes. b. She is correct; there is no way that she would have blue eyes if she were really her parents' biological daughter. c. Blue eyes are dominant, so her parents should have blue eyes too. d. Only the environment determines eye color once the fetus has been born.
Operant conditioning theory states that we learn attitudes by observing and imitating others.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A student earns a high grade on an exam. If the student makes an internal attribution about the grade, he or she might say ______.
a. “the exam was far too difficult!” b. “I am relieved that the test was so easy!” c. “I did not study enough!” d. “I used the right strategies to study for this exam!”