While watching the behavior of your dog at feeding time, you get some ideas about what may be causing the behavior. This is an example of getting research ideas from ____
a. theory
b. casual observation
c. systematic observation
d. second hand information
b
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On average, northern Europeans drink much more milk than Japanese or Chinese people, because of a genetic difference. What does that gene control?
a. Maturation of odor receptors b. Maturation of taste receptors c. Connections between taste receptors and the brain d. Digestion of the sugars in milk
Which of the following exemplifies Brentano’s act psychology?
a. The act of seeing is more important than the object perceived. b. The act of seeing is an active and outward-looking discipline. c. The act of seeing and the description of the object seen are fully integrated. d. The act of seeing involves a series of active and experimental processes.
The method of successive approximations is best used to increase the frequency of behaviors that
A. are rewarding. B. are punishing. C. never occur on their own. D. frequently occur.
An observation that the higher the air temperature, the lower the activity of test animals would be an example of a
a. negative correlation. b. positive correlation. c. causal relationship. d. zero correlation.