worries obsessively, and is prone to sudden bursts of irrational anger. He is exhibiting
the symptoms of
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serotonin depletion.
,8. Chemicals that facilitate communication between neurons are called
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neurotransmitters
10. According to Freud, the irrational and emotional part of the mind is the ________, and
the rational part of the mind is the ________.
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id; ego
9. According to evolutionary biology, altruistic behavior might help assure the survival
of one's own genes into succeeding generations primarily because
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some of your genes will make it into the next generation if the people who
share your genes also survive.
9. So far, evolutionary psychology has been much more concerned with the origins of
________ than with ________.
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, general human nature; individual differences
11. According to Winnicott, a niffle is transitional because it
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helps the child shift from a time when adults constantly took care of him or
her.
11. One difference between the neo-Freudians and Freud is that nearly all neo-
Freudians
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put more emphasis on interpersonal relationships.
9. In the past, some psychologists have concluded that shared family environments
have little or no effect on personality development. Recent research has cast doubt
on such conclusions by finding that
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the shared environment was related to personality when personality was
measured through self-report data.
, 11. Horney's major deviation from traditional Freudian ideas was her
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view of penis envy.
8. According to the text, the chemicals that make up neurotransmitters are also
important in determining the neurotransmitters' specific behavioral expression. An
example of this is
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monoamine oxidase's breakdown of neurotransmitters such as dopamine
and serotonin.
9. Which of the following is a NOT a common methodological concern of evolutionary
psychology?
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Many of the theories do not account for individual differences.
10. The main goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to
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