In 1938, a psychologist named ____________ cataloged a variety of social motives
a) Henry Murray
b) B. F. Skinner
c) William McDougall
d) Erik Erikson
ANS: A
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a. ?classical b. ?unconditioned c. ?conditioned d. ?habitual
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a. 1 to 5 b. 1 to 10 c. 0 to 1 d. 10 to 20
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a. corticosteroids c. adrenaline b. corticotrophin-releasing hormone d. cortisol
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a) the effects of birth order and family size on intelligence are based mostly on heredity. b) lower-IQ parents tend to have larger families, and these families differ from the rest of the population in variables that are correlated with intelligence. c) higher-IQ parents tend to space their children out more, thus increasing the power of birth order to affect intelligence. d) having more children leads to more stimulation, thus increasing intelligence as family size increases.