Research indicates genetic, psychological, social, and sociocultural components in the development of phobias. This statement suggests that ____
a. the manifestations of phobias are complicated and thus poorly understood
b. there can be multiple pathways involved in the development of phobias
c. phobias develop from predispositions
d. defective genes are transmitted to offspring resulting in phobias
B
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An evolutionary psychologist would be most interested in the question of ____
a. whether gambling affects brain chemistry and fosters addiction b. how best to assist a person to reduce a propensity to gamble c. whether attraction to gambling varies over the life span d. whether there is an adaptive reason why men tend to gamble more than women
For social skills training to be effective, the person should
a. practice skills in natural settings with different people. b. be rewarded for efforts. c. advance to more difficult tasks. d. do all of these.
The ________ __________ is the minimum amount of stimulation needed to produce a sensation
a. absolute threshold c. Weber's threshold b. difference threshold d. darkness threshold
The Müller-Lyer illusion illustrates the influence of
(a) the Gestalt principle of good continuation (b) spatial context (c) temporal context (d) all of the above