Week 1 Quiz Essay

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1. Question :

(TCO 1) Which of the following is a mental process? Student Answer: INCORRECT thinking feeling reading CORRECT a and b Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 4 Points Received: 0 of 2 Comments:

2. Question :

(TCO 2) Because Timothy was laughed at by his second grade peers, he was reluctant to speak out in class. This is a demonstration of which goal of psychology? Student Answer: INCORRECT describing behavior CORRECT explaining behavior predicting behavior changing behavior Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 5 Points Received: 0 of 2 Comments:

3. Question :

(TCO 1) Research has shown that watching aggression on

Student Answer: ethnocentric research misapplication of an independent variable CORRECT experimenter bias subject bias Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 16 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

16. Question :

(TCO 2) Which is the stronger correlation, -1.00 or +1.00? Student Answer: +1.00 CORRECT They are the same. -1.00 Neither; -1.00 does not exist. Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 16 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

17. Question :

(TCO 3) Identical twin boys raised in different households demonstrated great similarity in their personalities when reunited 20 years later. This is evidence for the __________________. Student Answer: predominance of "nurture" CORRECT predominance of "nature" interacting contributions of "nature" and "nurture" equal contributions of "nature" and "nurture" Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, p. 36 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

18. Question :

(TCO 3) Natural selection is MOST accurately summarized by the saying _____. Student Answer: INCORRECT "survival of the fittest" "might makes right" "only the good die young" CORRECT "reproduction of the fittest" Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2,