Lewin’s contention that only facts currently present on one’s life space can influence a person’s thinking and behavior is called:
a. a psychological fact
b. the principle of contemporaneity
c. the principle of contiguity
d. the Zeigarnik effect
b. the principle of contemporaneity
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While visiting a zoo, 5-month-old Leo is frightened by a roaring lion and starts to cry. By the time Leo is 1 year old, he appears to have forgotten this event and actually enjoys movies with lions. Based on memory research, how might you get Leo to exhibit the original fear response?
A. Show him a picture of a lion. B. Bring him back to the zoo. C. Have one of his brothers roar like a lion. D. There is nothing you can do to generate the pervious reaction.
Infants and toddlers who resist control tend to have behavior problems when they are older if their mothers did not exert much control
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
As an aid to reading your psychology textbook, important terms are
a. printed in boldface type. b. defined when they first appear. c. followed by pronunciations with capital letters showing which syllables are accented. d. displayed in all of these ways.
Lenny tells an embarrassing secret he knows about Stella. His father asks him to remember how he felt when Natalie spread broke his confidence last week, and asks him to think about whether Stella feels that way, too. Which non-punishment method is illustrated by this story?
A. Differential reinforcement B. Empathy training C. Loss of privileges D. Timeout