A child is presented with a picture of an unfamiliar object and told that "This is a pagoda. Do you see the fancy finial?" The child determines that the entire item is called a "pagoda" and that the ball on the top is called a "finial". What word learning processes did this child make?
A. Cross-situational observation and Fast Mapping
B. the Whole Object assumption and the Mutual Exclusivity assumption.
C. the Principle of Contrast and Syntactic Bootstrapping.
D. the Taxonomic assumption and the Principle of Conventionality
B
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Of the following, which hypothesis would NOT be appropriate given the concept of testability:
a- Children who view aggression are more likely to act in an aggressive manner. b- Invisible forces influence our behavior every day. c- Personality traits can be influenced by genetics. d- Behavior is influenced by the rewards that follow the behavior.
If an aversive stimulus is removed following the behavior, the behavior is less likely to occur in the future
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The attempt to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology is referred to as:
a. Neoplatonism b. Averroism c. Scholasticism d. Paganism
Under which of the following circumstances would we expect children to be least likely to imitate an aggressive model?
A. When the model is declared a hero and rewarded. B. When they see the model engage in justified aggression. C. When the model is punished for aggressive behavior. D. When the child sees a behavior the child likes.