Who proposed that children's language development was caused by imitation and reinforcement?
A. Noam Chomsky
B. John Watson
C. Keller Breland
D. B. F. Skinner
Answer: D
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One hypothesis to explain the Flynn effect relates it to improved health and nutrition. Which of the following is evidence to support that hypothesis?
a. The Flynn effect occurs on Raven's Progressive Matrices as well as other IQ tests. b. Infants today sit up and hold their head up earlier than in past generations. c. Throughout the last century, television and other media have provided more stimulation. d. The Flynn effect occurs even where most people find mates within their own village.
During the 1950s, many psychologists were becoming discouraged with behaviorism, and cognitive psychology began to emerge. A major reason they were disappointed with behaviorism is that
a. it considered only psychological processes that are clearly observable. b. it paid too much attention to individual differences. c. it failed to develop objective methods of measuring behavior. d. it focused too much on emotional factors, and not enough on observable behaviors.
The public health goal of reducing the average period of diminished vigor before death as life expectancy extends is called
A) compression of morbidity. B) selective optimization. C) anticipation of mortality. D) quality of life expectancy.
The brain is connected to the rest of the body via the __________.
A. corpus callosum B. spinal cord C. limbic system D. cranial nerve