Todd and his siblings have parents who are physically abusive to each other.
When they fight, they expect Todd to stay quiet and keep the other children under control.
They allow the other children to cry and hide, but Todd must stay in the room with them and referee. This is an example of
a. a genotype-environment correlation.
b. a shared environmental influence.
c. a nonshared environmental influence.
d. a protective factor.
Question 2A psychologist wishes to test the hypothesis that the experience of chronic physical pain can cause clinical depression, but the Ethics Committee of his university won't allow him to conduct a study in which he inflicts pain on the subjects.
What kind of research design might best allow the psychologist to test this hypothesis while circumventing the committee's objection?
a. Experimental
b. Prospective
c. Analogue
d. Longitudinal
Question 3Attractive children and unattractive babies tend to be treated differently. In other words, an infant's physical phenotype may alter how others respond to him or her. What type of genotype-environment correlation is this an example of?
a. Active
b. Evocative
c. Passive
d. Persuasive
Question 4The body is protected from invading bacteria, viruses, and carcinogens by the specific and nonspecific immune systems. Describe both types of immune systems.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 5Which of the following is true?
a. Most mental disorders are caused only by psychological factors.
b. Most mental disorders have a simple biological explanation.
c. Most mental disorders are caused by neurological damage.
d. Most mental disorders are not caused by neurological damage.
Question 6Neurotransmitters released into the synapse may be reuptaken into the axon endings from which they originated. One name for this process is:
a. retracing.
b. deactivation.
c. recapture.
d. inhibitory transmission.
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