Empiricists Would Agree That

question 154

Multiple Choice

Empiricists would agree that:

• A) experience can write virtually any message on the blank slate of human nature.
• B) an impulse for young mammals to play and fool around may be biologically adaptive.
• C) just as a bird is designed to fly, human beings are designed to use language.
• D) men are genetically wired to be promiscuous and women to be monogamous.

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Definitions:

Anxiety

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Chemical Imbalance

A term often used to describe a theory that certain psychiatric disorders are caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain, particularly neurotransmitters.

Learning Perspective

A psychological approach that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior, suggesting that learning from the environment is key to understanding human and animal behavior.

Environment

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates, including both natural and built factors.