Although the bulk of psychology focuses on human behavior, studying animal behavior has been an essential part of the discipline that allows for ____
a. making essential comparisons with humans
b. understanding animal–human interactions
c. understanding behavior from an evolutionary standpoint
d. designing better psychoanalytical therapies
ANSWER: a
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a. psychoanalytic c. Gestalt b. behavioral d. client-centered
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A) achievement B) foreclosure C) diffusion D) B or C.
The limbic system is important to motivation
a. True b. False