A. social isolation
B. extreme sensitivity to pain
C. stereotyped behavior
D. both a and c
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following choice is not characteristic of infantile autism?
A. language problem
B. brain lesions
C. bizarre behavior
D. extreme aloneness - If characteristic requires only one gene to show itself that characteristic is considered _______________?
A. dominant
B. co-dominant
C. incompletely dominant
D. recessive - Teacher carefully monitors and records the behaviors of children on school playgrounds in order to track the developmental of their physical skills. He is most clearly engaged in ___________?
A. survey research
B. naturalistic observation
C. experimentation
D. replication - The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?
A. cerebral cortex
B. amygdala
C. corpus collosum
D. hypothalamus - The nature/nurture controversy considers the degree to which traits and behaviors are determined by _______________?
A. genes or experience
B. continuity or stages
C. life-span stability or change
D. maturation or genes - The enduring traditions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group of people transmitted from one generation to the next define their:
A. gender schemas
B. nature
C. temperament
D. culture - According to behavior therapists, pathological behaviors
A. can not be stopped by the patient which is why he/she is seeking therapy
B. are signs of an underlying emotional or cognitive problem
C. can be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning
D. should be viewed as the expression of an unconscious sexual or aggressive conflict - According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra conflicts and when a child takes on the values and behaviors the same sex parent in a process called:
A. fixation
B. imitation
C. observation
D. identification - Which is TRUE regarding the influence of cultural values on eating behaviors?
A. They are the primary cause of innate taste aversion
B. They greatly affect the incentive value of various foods
C. They determine a person’s set point for various foods
D. They have a homeostatic influence on amount of food consumed - Dr. Warda attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs. Her account be illustrates a(n) __________ perspective.
A. neuroscience
B. behavior genetics
C. evolutionary
D. social-cultural
