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1061PsychologyMedium

One of the Darwin’s key ideas is that, because of natural selection, animals have an inborn tendency to behave in ways that ________?

they individually select from various natural alternative

Bthey learn from their parents

Chelp them to survive and reproduce

Drequire the lowest energy expenditure

Correct answer

C. help them to survive and reproduce

Explanation

The correct answer is help them to survive and reproduce.

1062PsychologyMedium

The type of memory with large capacity and brief duration is ________?

Aworking memory

Bshort-term memory

Csensory memory

Dlong-term memory

Correct answer

C. sensory memory

Explanation

The correct answer is sensory memory.

1063PsychologyMedium

A hungry rat is given an electric shock whenever it eats food from a plan. The rat is being with what type of conflict?

AApproach-approach-approach

BAvoidance-avoidance

CApproach-approach

DApproach-avoidance

Correct answer

D. Approach-avoidance

Explanation

The correct answer is Approach-avoidance.

1064PsychologyMedium

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations is known as:

Aintelligence

Binductive reasoning.

Cstandardization.

Ddivergent thinking.

Correct answer

A. intelligence

Explanation

The correct answer is intelligence.

1065PsychologyMedium

According to behaviorists:

Apersonality is a acquired through conditioning and observational learning

Bhostile generous, or destructive impulses arise in the unconscious

Cpersonality develops from initial feelings of inferiority

Dpersonality is strongly influenced by one’s self image

Correct answer

A. personality is a acquired through conditioning and observational learning

Explanation

The correct answer is personality is a acquired through conditioning and observational learning.

1066PsychologyMedium

Which is a definition of psychology?

Athe scientific study behavior and mental processes of any living creature

Bthe deductive study of forms and functions of human groups

Ca natural science integrating physiology and neurology

Dthe study of human origins, evolution, and cultures

Correct answer

D. the study of human origins, evolution, and cultures

Explanation

The correct answer is the study of human origins, evolution, and cultures.

1067PsychologyMedium

Which is true? Behavioural therapy

ACombines psychoanalytic and psychodynamic thinking.

BIs a concerned with what the person does that causes distress.

CFocuses on early experiences rather than the ‘here and now’.

DIs a mechanistic, impersonal procedure

Correct answer

B. Is a concerned with what the person does that causes distress.

Explanation

The correct answer is Is a concerned with what the person does that causes distress..

1068PsychologyMedium

A form of learning best known in birds such as geese, ducks and chickens:

AHabituation

Bconditioned reflex type II

CLatent learning

DImprinting

Correct answer

D. Imprinting

Explanation

The correct answer is Imprinting.

1069PsychologyMedium

The functions of some peripheral factors in the control of eating can be demonstrated by the sham feeding preparation. But which of the following is NOT true? In the sham feeding preparation:

AThe stomach becomes full

BIt becomes clear that the taste and smell of food provide the immediate reward for food-motivated behavior

CIt becomes clear that oropharyngeal make us feel satiated

DThe animal tastes smells and eats the food normally

Correct answer

A. The stomach becomes full

Explanation

The correct answer is The stomach becomes full.

1070PsychologyMedium

Studies show that an “authoritarian family” tends to produce an adolescent who is ________?

ASurface-complaint but rebellious underneath

BDependent and obedient

CSelf-reliant

DIndependent but deserved

Correct answer

B. Dependent and obedient

Explanation

The correct answer is Dependent and obedient.

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