Evolutionary Psychology
a. studies ways in which adaptation and natural selection can be applied to mental processes and behavior.
b. suggests that social behavior evolves and can be transmitted from one generation to the next.
c. suggests that traits such as aggression and altruism help organisms survive and thus reproduce.
d. suggests all of these.
D
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A. Substage 5: Tertiary circular reactions B. Substage 3: Secondary circular reactions C. Substage 4: Coordination of circular reactions D. Substage 2: First habits and primary circular reactions
Why is the fundamental attribution error considered an error?
a. People overestimate the consistency of their own behavior. b. People underestimate the consistency of other people's behavior. c. People ignore information supporting an external attribution for someone's action. d. People ignore information supporting an internal attribution for someone's action.
The most frequently prescribed class of medication in the United states is
a. antidepressants. b. anxiolytics. c. pain killers. d. mood stabilizers.
In the introduction to Chapter 6 in your textbook, Larry's story about how he developed a fear of rats was told. It seems that Larry learned to fear rats when he was a child as he observed his mother's extreme, irrational fear response upon seeing a rat. Larry developed his fear of rats through
a. classical conditioning. b. vicarious classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. insight learning.