In the preschool program at the YWCA, the teachers designed a café for the children to learn a
number of math concepts. The children were encouraged to assume roles as waiter, diner,
cashier, chef, etc.
Simulated food, a working cash register, menus, and clothing were all
provided. Which of the following theorists would be most appreciative of this activity?
a. Watson
b. Piaget
c. Vygotsky
d. Pavlov
c. Vygotsky
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During the 1970s,
a. books on the psychology of women were actually less available than they had been in the 1960s. b. researchers began to investigate many new questions about the psychology of women. c. researchers realized that the issue of gender was really much more straightforward than they had previously realized. d. most psychologists realized that women had difficulties because their situations were at fault.
When the tests (or observers) used on the posttest and the pretest differ, there is a(n) ____ threat
a. history b. mortality c. instrumentation d. regression
Cecilia was diagnosed with pediatric leukemia when she was two years old. As a result, she spent much of her childhood in bland hospital rooms and interacted with few people besides her parents and medical providers. How is this impoverished environment likely to have affected the development of her nervous system?
A. Her brain will not have retained enough connections during the pruning process. B. Her brain will be less myelinated than other children her same age. C. She is at an increased risk for developing an intellectual disability. D. Her prefrontal cortex will develop later than other children her same age.
When I go to the bank between 9 o’clock and 5 o’clock, I receive reinforcement of money. However, after 5 o’clock I cannot get money from the bank. This is an example of a ______.
A. two-choice discrimination task B. transposition task C. conditional discrimination task D. behavioral contrast