In evolutionary theory, __________________ refers to the reproductive success of an individual organism relative to the average reproductive success in the population.

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1. The human organism is extremely_____environmental factors that can affect the organism include all the persons, objects, situations, and conditions that constitute the external would of any living individual:

   A. Complex B. simple C. Coward D. Social...

2. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2 B. 3 & 4 C. 1 & 3 D. 2 & 4...

3. In psychology the nature-nurture debate refers to the relative influences of __________________?

   A. paternal genes and maternal care B. genes and environment C. genotype and phenotype D. genotype and karyotype...

4. The precision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:

   A. the range of the sample increases B. the standard deviation of the sample increases C. the man of the sample increases D. the standard deviation of the sample decreases...

5. Maturation refers to that stage of the development when organism:

   A. Starts performing instinctive functions B. Starts effecting other organisms C. Completes training D. Enable to perform social functions...

6. Which of the following criticisms of family and couples therapies are valid?
   1: These treatments are not as effective as most individual treatments for problems relating to family or relationship conflict.
   2: The attraction of these therapies may reflect little more than the charisma of those who developed them.
   3: Bona fide treatments only produce beneficial outcomes for a minority of cases in 20 sessions or fewer.
   4: These has been a relative lack of research on many of these therapies.

   A. 1 & 2 B. 2 & 3 C. 3 & 4 D. 2 & 4...

7. Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of:

   A. gender schema theory B. gender-typing C. natural selection D. genome mapping...

8. Who is linked the theory of social change with Organism:

   A. Karl Marx B. August Comte C. Herbert Spencer D. Talcott Parsons...

9. Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?

   A. sample error B. sample bias C. population error D. population bias E. None of these...

10. The individual differences refers to:

    A. Differentiation of abilities in the individual B. religious differences C. Political differences D. Academic differences...