How are twin, adoption, and family studies used to study the interaction between heredity and environment?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
• Role of the monozygotic twin studies—identical genetic backgrounds
• Dizygotic twin studies—some environmental similarities
• Other family and adoption studies—unique considerations that help to isolate either heredity or environment
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Psychoanalytic theory attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by
a. studying observable behavior. b. analyzing conscious experience into its basic elements. c. focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior. d. studying the function or purpose of consciousness.
Which of the following is an accurate summary of the results of the research of Winecoff and colleagues (2011), which examined neural mechanisms of emotion in the aging human brain?
a. Younger adults' reports of negative emotion were higher than older adults in the negative reappraisal situation. b. Younger adults' reports of negative emotion were higher than older adults in the positive reappraisal situation. c. Older adults' reports of negative emotion were higher than younger adults in the positive reappraisal situation. d. Older adults' reports of negative emotion were higher than younger adults in the negative reappraisal situation.
Marcus wants to accurately assess students‘ attitudes toward the cafeteria food on his college campus for his psychology research project. What research method should he use to collect this information?
a. survey method c. case study b. laboratory observation d. experimental method
Compared to single older adults, elderly partners tend to be
happier and wealthier. happier but poorer. poorer and less happy. similar with regard to happiness and wealth.