Assignment: Life span stability
Assignment: Life span stability
Question options:
a) examines how thought and behavior change and show stability across the life span.
b) considers what makes people unique as well as the consistencies in people’s behavior across time and situations.
c) focuses on the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
d) considers how the real or imagined presence of others influences thought, feeling, and behavior.
Question 90 1 / 1 point
Common sense, rather than the scientific method, is used by:
Question options:
a) folk psychologists.
b) clinical psychologists.
c) research psychologists.
d) social psychologists.
Question 91 1 / 1 point
Developmental psychology explores:
Question options:
a) how we perceive information, how we learn and remember, how we acquire and use language, and how we solve problems.
b) the links among brain, mind, and behavior.
c) the relationship between bodily systems and chemicals and their relationship to behavior and thought.
d) how thought and behavior change and show stability across the life span.
Question 92 1 / 1 point
Psychology is most accurately defined as the _____________.
Question options:
a) study of people in terms of large-scale social forces and with a focus on groups rather than individuals
b) scientific study of human culture and origins
c) scientific study of thought and behavior .
d) study of people through description and analysis of past events and artifacts
Question 93 1 / 1 point
Psychoanalysis assumes that the unconscious blocking, or repression, of disturbing thoughts and impulses—especially ______________ impulses—is at the heart of all maladaptive adult behavior.
Question options:
a) sexual and aggressive
b) illogical and depressive
c) depressive and unethical
d) aggressive and unethical
Question 94 1 / 1 point
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______________ psychologists strive to understand people who are psychologically healthy, happy, and compassionate.
Question options:
a) Cognitive
b) Developmental
c) Clinical
d) Positive
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Question 95 1 / 1 point
What modern view of psychological disorders developed at the end of the 1800s?
Question options:
a) Psychological disorders have an underlying physical cause and thus should be treated by physical means.
b) Psychological disorders are actually thought disorders, rather than instances of spirit possession caused by witchcraft.
c) Psychological disorders are mood disorders and should be treated by psychoanalysis.
d) Psychological disorders are a form of illness that should be diagnosed and treated.
