Which statement concerning the role of genetics in determining aggression is true?
A. Behavioral geneticists suggest that 90 percent of aggression can be accounted for by genetics.
B. The fact that males can only have a limited number of children contributes significantly to their evolutionary-based levels of aggression.
C. Children who inherit a predisposition toward aggression may evoke aggressive reactions from their parents.
D. Having parents and children who are both genetically predisposed toward aggression tends to result in a paradox effect, which results in little aggression by either child or parent.
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements concerning maternal and paternal influences is FALSE?
a. Mothers spend about twice as long each day on child care as compared to fathers. b. Fathers spend more time on interactive care, such as playing, reading, or other activities than on physical and emotional care, such as feeding, bathing, and soothing. c. Compared to fathers, mothers spend more time on travel, such as driving children to sports or music lessons and in communications, such as talking to teachers about their children. d. Compared to mothers, fathers spend more time providing passive care, such as supervising children while they play.
Which statement best summarizes Gardner’s view concerning the fragmentation and unification of psychology?
a. Fragmentation might be halted by using multiple methods to study psychological phenomena. b. Unification of psychology requires consideration of interdisciplinary matters. c. Because of the range of topics psychology studies, unification is of little benefit. d. While unification is of interest in the physical sciences, it is not of interest in the social sciences.
Asch studied influence by
a. measuring how much students’ attitudes changed during college. b. asking people to judge the movement of a pinpoint of light in a dark room. c. watching how people in groups responded to the commands of an authority. d. having people make judgments about the length of lines. e. asking groups to simulate juries making decisions.
What property of some brain cells led scientists to call them mirror neurons?
a. They only fire when a person of animal looks in a mirror. b. Their cell membranes contain a protein that makes them reflect light. c. Their structure perfectly mirrors the structure of a neighboring neuron. d. They fire when a person or animal observes others carrying out an action.