Psy 4480

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According to Geher, evolutionary psychology is often characterized as overly

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deterministic and reductionistic

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Geher argues that evolutionary psychology is basic intellectual framework for understanding

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all psychological phenomena

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The ___ fallacy corresponds to conflating phenomena that naturally are with phenomena taht should be.

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naturalistic

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____ strategies involve situations in which as organism modifies its strategy according to situational factors.

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conditional

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According to Geher, evolutionary psychology has proven extremely powerful in

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all of these are correct

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____ is the notion matter is the only reality.

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Materialism

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____ is the idea that all behavior is governed by some manner of calculative means-end rationale.

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Instrumentalism

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Gantt and Melling point out that the meaning of data depend on

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how they are interpreted and the method of investigation.

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The ____ is on explanation for why children with stepparents are about 100 times more likely to be fatally abused.

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Cinderella Effect

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According to Gantt and Melling, the most troubling problem with evolutionary psychology is that it is _____.

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nihilistic

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In 1948, Kinsey et al. identified ___ categories of sexual orientation.

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Which of the following is NOT a main argument Jones and his colleagues make against past behavioral genetic studies of homosexuality?

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In the monozygotic twin studies, there were no control groups.

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Sexual interactions between same sex partners are observed quite frequently

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in a broad variety of animal species.

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Researchers have found that the INAH3 region of the brain is

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is smaller in homosexual men than in heterosexual men.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons given by Jones and Kwee that new research by Demir & Dickson (2005) must be interpreted with caution when applying it to humans?

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the fruit flies studies are correlational research which can never be interpreted to mean causation.

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Which of the following would both authors most likely AGREE on?

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The would not agree on any of these.

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According to Jones and Kwee, one of the major criticisms of the fraternal birth order research is:

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the main studies were conducted on a non-representative sample.

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If a person is homosexual, there is

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an increased chance that he or she will have homosexual siblings.

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Gay men

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have a higher probability of having gay ancestors on their mother's side of the family.

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Jones and Kwee argue that if there are anatomical differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals, that these could be:

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the effect rather than the cause of homosexuality.

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Haeffel et al. argue that the existence of ____ does not imply that there are no universals worth studying.

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cultural variation

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According to Haeffel, et al., research on obedience has important implications for understanding events such as:

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The Abu Ghraib prison scandal and terrorism.

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According to Haeffel et al., science will advance by

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developing and testing theories.

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Haeffel, et al., refers to the "college sophomore problem." What is the problem?

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Most research is done on American college students (sophomores).

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Both articles discuss Popper's philosophy of science. Popper's condition for a theory to be scientific is that it is also:

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falsifiable.

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Haeffel, et al., criticizes a number of Arnett's assertions. Which of the following statements would both authors agree with?

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Psychology needs to pay more attention to differences in culture and context.

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According to Arnett, it is not the problem of ___ that is overstated, but the research findings of psychologists based on a tiny and unusual segment of humanity.

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generalizability

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Arnett believes that one problem with laboratory studies is that they are often

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ecologically invalid

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According to Arnett, the human sciences should illuminate our understanding of

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human behavior, human functioning, and human development.

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Arnett suggests that psychology cease attempting to ape the natural sciences and, instead:

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expand its methods and theories to psychology's uniquely human topic.

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Gruel mentions a recent survey which found that children average ____ hours per week playing video games.

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A 2001 review found that ____% of the top-selling video games contained serious violence.

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The ____ hypothesis states that video games take time away from other activities.

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displacement

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The study involving researchers from the U.S. and Japan was conducted in

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2010

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Gruel claims that the evidence supports a link between video games and violence among

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East and West cultures

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Millett criticizes some studies by saying that they demonstrate neither a _____ connection nor a ____ between playing videogames and violent behavior.

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causal; correlation

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Millett says that the laboratory study of aggression can be discounted because it relies on

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proxies of aggression

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According to Millett, the correlation between video games and violence in Gentile's study can be explained by the effect of

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gender

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Millett points out that Funk (2004) study

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disclaimed any proof of causality

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A study of 603 Hispanic youths found that exposure to video games

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had a negligible effect size and was not predicitive of youth violence and aggression.