When describing his ideas on language acquisition, Harlan says, "I believe that humans have a natural biological predisposition toward language and that the environment that the child is raised in also impacts the development of language skills." Given this description, Harlan appears to hold a(n) _____ perspective concerning the acquisition of language.
A. nativist
B. interactionist
C. learning
D. psychodynamic
Answer: B
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A researcher wants to know if intelligence is based more prominently on factors of family environment or on heredity. Her research focuses on identical twins who are raised together in the same home and those who were separated at birth and raised in different homes by different parents. According to the textbook, this researcher is conducting a(n) ____ study.?
a. ?sibling b. ?adoption c. ?twin d. ?family
1. The term motor rather than psychomotor is used in our text because
A. psychomotor includes movement initiated in the lower brain centers B. motor includes movement initiated in the lower brain centers C. psychomotor also refers to reflexes D. psychomotor is too long and complicated
An overseas tourist comments on everything new by mentioning its similarities to familiar places back home. This resembles Piagetian
a. assimilation. b. accommodation. c. conservation. d. primary circular reaction.
According to Professor Sandoval, the development of inheritable traits that helped our biological ancestors survive might help explain commonalities in human behavior today. She is most likely to consider herself a(n) ________
a. epigenesist. b. evolutionary psychologist. c. empiricist. d. sociocultural psychologist.