Treatments for mental illness, the ability of people to eliminate unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and initiate healthy behaviors such as exercise, and the development of positive parenting practices are all consistent with the idea that
a. psychology is little more than common sense.
b. psychological knowledge can be used to help improve the quality of life.
c. explanation and prediction are the two most important psychological goals.
d. the use of animal participants has minimal relevance to modern psychological research.
Answer: b. psychological knowledge can be used to help improve the quality of life.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. DZ twins are no more genetically alike than any pair of siblings. b. MZ twins develop from the separate fertilization of two ova. c. DZ twins develop from a single fertilized ovum that divides into two identical cells. d. Members of any set of DZ twins are more similar to each other in terms of their psychological traits than are MZ twins. e. MZ twins generally are more available for research than DZ twins.
Segregation analysis depends on the ability of behavior geneticists to correlate behavioral phenotypes with
a. concordance rates. b. syndromes. c. artificial selection. d. chromosomal regions. e. environmental variables.