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Duplicate of Psychology in Everyday Life Chapter 1
Duplicate of Psychology in Everyday Life Chapter 1
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The scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to
avoid many levels of analysis
recognize the errors in our own ideas
respect political beliefs that contradict our own
reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested
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Mr. Andrews believes that his son has become a good student because he is frequently praised...
His learning effort...this is a behavior genetic perspective
His learning efforts...this is a neuroscience perspective
His learning efforts...this is a psycho-dynamic perspective
His learning efforts...this is a behavioral perspective
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Professor Shannon believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners this is
evolutionary
psycho-dynamic
cognitive
social cultural
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The distinctive feature of the psycho-dynamic perspective is its emphasis on...
natural selection
unconscious conflicts
brain chemistry
learned behaviors
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This perspective focuses on how behavior and thinking vary across cultures.
social-cultural
evolutionary
neuroscience
cognitive
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The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human is
cognitive neuroscience
behaviorism
positive psychology
humanistic psychology
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Which perspective studies the relative contributions of our genes and our environment?
psycho-dynamic
behavioral genetics
cognitive
social-cultural
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The relationship between brain chemistry & intellectual functioning. Which specialty of psych?
clinical psychology
social psychology
biological psychology
industrial/organizational psychology
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Which perspective is most concerned with how individuals interpret their experiences?
neuroscience
behavioral
behavior genetics
cognitive
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The scientific study of mental activities with perceiving, processing, & remembering info.
cognitive psychology
evolutionary psychology
humanistic psychology
clinical psychology
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Cognitive neuroscience studies relationships between
thought processes and brain functions
childhood memories and psychological disorders
natural selection and genetic predispositions
philosophy and physiology
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The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on...
people try to understand their own unconscious motives
behavior is influenced by environmental conditions
people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.
feelings are influenced by blood chemistry
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The tendency to believe that we could have predicted it.
psychodrama bias
prejudicial viewpoint
hashtag bias
hindsight bias
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Dr. Smith conducts research on how children's moral thinking changes as they grow older.
Dr. Smith is a industrial-organizational psychologist
Dr. Smith is a social psychologist
Dr. Smith is a clinical psychologist
Dr. Smith is a developmental psychologist
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The Greek naturalist and philosopher Aristotle suggested the source of our personality is the
brain
throat
heart
stomach
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Three key elements of the scientific attitude are
curiosity, skepticism, + humility
ingenuity, practicality, + certainty
pride, enthusiasm, + ingenuity
certainty, creativity, + curiosity
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The relative contributions of inborn traits and social influences on sexual influences is
behavioral
psycho-dynamic
behavior genetics
cognitive
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In its earliest years, psychology focused on the study of...
mental processes
brain chemistry
maladaptive behaviors
unconscious motives
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The extent to which different parenting styles are encouraged among various ethnic groups?
A neuroscience parenting style perspective
A socio-cultural parenting style perspective
A psycho-dynamic parenting style perspective
A evolutionary parenting style perspective
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The neuroscience perspective in psychology would be most likely to emphasize that behavior is
environmental circumstances
blood chemistry
unconscious conflicts
conditioned fears
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Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?
evolutionary
behavioral
behavior genetics
neuroscience
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Which perspective would help us to understand the impact of strokes & brain diseases? (memory)
evolutionary
behavioral
neuroscience
psycho-dynamic
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Which perspective highlights the reproductive advantages of inherited psychological traits?
evolutionary
behavioral
social-cultural
cognitive
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Which perspective would suggest that facial expressions with lust and rage are inherited?
evolutionary
social cultural
cognitive
behavioral
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A reason for a teenagers' delinquent behavior is the pressure belonging to a street gang. Is a
evolutionary perspective
social-cultural perspective
neuroscience perspective
behavior genetics perspective
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Investigating patterns of brain activity that accompany people's recollections of a stress is
humanistic psychology
evolutionary psychology
behavior genetics
cognitive neuroscience
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Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of...
observable responses to the environment
conscious and unconscious mental activity
maladaptive and adaptive behaviors
behavior and mental processes
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Mrs. Alfieri believes that his husband's angry outbursts against her result him hating his mom
Her husband's behavior is from a behavioral perspective
Her husband's behavior is from a evolutionary perspective
Her husband's behavior is from a behavioral perspective
Her husband's behavior is from a psycho-dynamic perspective
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Promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals thrive.
social positive psychology
positive negative psychology
posterior psychology
positive psychology
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The relationship between adults' language skills & their capacity to solve math problems.
social psychologist
cognitive psychologist
biological psychologist
clinical psychologist
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Smiling is to feeling as ----------- is to ---------------.
nurture; nature
behavior; mental process
conscious; unconscious
evolution; natural selection
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Mr. Lopez believes depression results from an imbalanced diet & abnormal brain activity .
the perspective of behavior genetics
the perspective of cognitive
the perspective of neuroscience
the perspective of psycho-dynamic
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Observing and recording people's behavior as they are being conditioned is an interest of...
cognitive neuroscience
Freudian psychology
behaviorism
humanistic psychology
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Humanistic psychologist focuses attention on the importance of people's
genetic predispositions
potential for healthy growth
unconscious thought processes
childhood memories