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Jacob's father believes Jacob was born to be a skilled ice skater just like his mother and older sister. Jacob's mother thinks that his skills and interest in the sport come from growing up in a household of ice skaters. What long-standing psychological issue is at the heart of the disagreement between Jacob's parents?
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Jacob's father believes Jacob was born to be a skilled ice skater just like his mother and older sister. Jacob's mother thinks that his skills and interest in the sport come from growing up in a household of ice skaters. What long-standing psychological issue is at the heart of the disagreement between Jacob's parents?
the nature/nurture debate
Which psychological school of thought arose from Freud's attempts to understand connections between psychological and physical problems?
psychoanalytic theory
Psychologists from which school of thought are concerned with functions that behaviorism cannot explain, such as intelligence and problem solving?
cognitive psychology
Which scenario would be most relevant to interpersonal behavior researchers, who work at the social level of analysis?
Tawny's boyfriend does not treat her very well, but every time she tries to break up with him, he successfully persuades her to give him another chance.
Kerrie is an undergraduate who is thinking about majoring in psychology. She works part-time at a café chain and is very interested in how it builds morale and helps motivate her coworkers. Kerrie might want to closely examine the subfield of ______________ psychology.
industrial/organizational
Doug believes that the "mind" is really just a result of the workings of our brain. Renee believes that each person has a mind that is separate from the body. Their different opinions reflect ______________.
mind/body problem
Researchers working on the Human Genome Project are trying to map the basic human genetic code. How is this advancing the field of psychology?
It is helping psychologists understand the extent to which specific genes affect our behavior, thoughts, and feelings, and consider methods involving genetic manipulation in treating conditions like mental illness and dementia.
The fMRI has enabled neuropsychological researchers to conclude which of the following?
While many tasks require multiple parts of the brain, some tasks and thought processes use only specific areas of the brain.
Magdalena grew up in a drought-stricken region of California. When she moved to rainy Seattle, her Washingtonian roommate, Kiko, was surprised that Magdalena took 5 minute showers, brushed her teeth in the shower, and complained whenever Kiko dumped out old drinking water from the kettle. Magdalena's water-saving behaviors were ____________________.
cultural adaptation
Dr. Binet thinks that children from France are more intelligent than children from England. He gives children from both countries the same test and finds that the French children earned higher scores. He repeats the experiment several times and finds the same result; therefore, his experiment is ______________. However, since the test was written in French and the English children are only fluent in English, his experiment does not have ______________.
reliable; internal validity
Juan is a teacher who wants to see how similarly his students' test scores are to one another. In analyzing his students' grades, Juan discovers that 50 percent of his students' scores lie over 2 standard deviations from the mean. Assuming that the class average is a C, Juan's finding indicates that ____________________________.half of Juan's students scored either really well or really poorlyIf a researcher wants to know whether the results she obtained in her study reflect significant differences or were due to chance, she should use ______________.inferential statisticsProfessor Miller is computing the statistics of his students' exam grades. He has 11 students, and they earned the following percentage grades: 48, 65, 65, 66, 72, 79, 83, 83, 83, 91, and 94. Professor Miller finds that the mode of the exam is _______ and the median of the exam is _______.83;79Peter is conducting a survey asking how often students use the Internet and the average number of hours they sleep per night. He finds a negative correlation between the two. According to the text, Peter can conclude that going online frequentlyrelated to students sleeping lessPsychologists are scientists who study behavior and mental processes through observation and measurement. What is this approach to understanding psychology called?sceintific methodYou see a newspaper headline that claims eating pizza is deadly. However, when you read the original scientific article cited in the news, you notice that investigators only found a correlation between pizza consumption and death over a 10-year period. Given what you know about correlation, how would you explain this relationship?Pizza consumption and death are related somehow, but a correlational study cannot reveal any kind of causal relationship.Judith is conducting an experiment on mood and problem solving. She plans to have study participants read either a funny story or a sad story before taking a math test. What is the dependent variable in Judith's study?the number of math problems participants correctly solve