Humans' taste preferences for fatty substances may be one example of
a. the paradox of inclusive fitness.
b. an adaptation that has become a liability.
c. genetic drift across several generations.
d. recessive genes mutating into dominant traits.
B
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An individual does not inherit schizophrenia but instead inherits a ______ for becoming schizophrenic.
A. destiny B. heritability C. genetic weight D. vulnerability
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The genital stage is the last stage of Freud's psychosexual stages. 2. According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a starving, homeless person can actively work towards self-actualization. 3. The flow experience can only be reached by struggling to overcome anxiety-evoking experiences. 4. Rollo May and Victor Frankl are notable existentialists. 5. Existentialists believe that angst occurs when stressors are too challenging for our abilities.
Miller and Weiss asked seven-, 10-, and 13-year-olds to remember the locations of animals hidden behind flaps. Telling the children to pay attention to the animals and to ignore other objects behind each flap
a. was equally helpful to all three age groups. b. was helpful only for the youngest group; the 10- and 13-year-olds did well, whether told what to ignore or not. c. was not helpful for any of the age groups; even at 13 years of age, children have difficulty ignoring irrelevant information. d. was most helpful for the 13-year-olds; younger children tended to have difficulty ignoring irrelevant information, even when instructed to.
The difference between the child's actual developmental level and that child's potential level of development if guided by adults or older peers is called the:
a. intelligence quotient b. intellectual gap c. zone of potential development d. zone of proximal development