Which of the following theorists placed the greatest emphasis on developmental events that occur early in life, especially during the first five years?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Erik Erikson
c. Jean Piaget
d. B. F. Skinner
a
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a. appears to have a genetic component. b. is caused by exposure to an environmental toxin. c. is caused by a lack of oxygen to the fetus during the birth process. d. appears to be caused by damage to chromosome 7.
A negative value for a correlation indicates ____
a. a much stronger relationship than if the correlation were positive b. a much weaker relationship than if the correlation were positive c. increases in X tend to be accompanied by increases in Y d. increases in X tend to be accompanied by decreases in Y
Little Albert was conditioned to fear white rats when the appearance of the white rat was always followed by a loud noise. When researchers presented a block of wood, however, Little Albert showed no fear response. Little Albert's lack of response to the block of wood illustrates the classical conditioning process referred to as:
a. stimulus generalization b. aversive conditioning c. conditioned inhibition d. stimulus discrimination
Some teratogens are harmless until they reach a certain level of exposure; they then become dangerous, thus demonstrating the
critical period effect. threshold effect. fetal teratogen effect. interaction effect.