In discussing the psychosexual stages, Freud emphasized their ________ character, whereas Erikson emphasized their ________ dimension.
a) biological; social
b) social; biological
c) biological; cognitive
d) cognitive; biological
Answer: a) biological; social
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Before conducting his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram conducted a survey in which he asked a number of psychiatrists to predict what percentage of people would "go all the way" and administer the highest levels of shocks. The psychiatrists in his survey predicted that ____ would do so
a. only .01% (1 in 1000) b. only about 5% c. about 25% d. about 35%
Participants in one study recalled words better when they had been asked first whether or not the word described them (rather than, for example, if the word had been printed in large letters). Researchers interpret this to mean that
A. the participants had to think about the word more when asked if it described them. B. the self description questions generated more interest for the participants than the other questions. C. the self description questions generated a stronger emotional reaction for the participants than the other questions. D. the participants processed the information for the self description questions through a self schema.
The evolutionary perspective on emotions argues that they increase individual survival by a. reducing responsiveness
b. contributing to general arousal. c. causing sleep. d. producing autonomic responses.
The most obvious organized patterns of behavior in a newborn baby are __________
A) reflexes B) states of arousal C) shrill cries D) sleep patterns