The Study of Behavioral Genetics

question 1

Multiple Choice

The study of behavioral genetics

• A) has gained increasing acceptance and credibility in psychology.
• B) shows that environmental factors are more important than genetic factors.
• C) was begun by Murray.
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

Neo-Freudian

Refers to psychologists who accepted the basic concepts of Freud's theory but modified and expanded upon them to include their own beliefs, often focusing more on social and cultural factors.

Collective Unconscious

The collective unconscious is a concept in psychoanalytic theory that refers to a part of the unconscious mind, shared by a society, a people, or all humanity, that is the product of ancestral experience.

Memory Traces

Theoretical concepts indicating the physical or chemical changes in the brain that represent a memory.

Thematic Apperception Test

A projective psychological test in which subjects reveal their underlying motivations, feelings, and conflicts through stories they make up about ambiguous pictures.