It Has Been Suggested That Compulsive Acts Typically Exaggerate Behaviors

question 391

Multiple Choice

It has been suggested that compulsive acts typically exaggerate behaviors that contributed to the survival of the human species. This idea best illustrates the ________ perspective.

• A) humanistic
• B) social-cognitive
• C) psychoanalytic
• D) biological

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Definitions:

Chronological Age

The measure of an individual's age in years, months, and days, from their date of birth to the current date.

Mental Set

The tendency to respond to a new problem with an approach that was successfully used with similar problems.

Linguistic Determinism

The hypothesis that language determines the way we think and perceive the world around us.

Nativist Theory

The theory that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth.