If you believe that children's thoughts and concepts organize their social behavior, you adhere to the:
a. social learning perspective
b. cognitive-development perspective
c. psychodynamic perspective
d. family systems perspective
b
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Wundt's procedure in which trained participants describe their experiences and thought processes in response to stimuli presented under controlled conditions is known as
A. information processing. B. analytic introspection. C. functional analysis. D. behavioral analysis.
Research suggests that there is a sensitive period, __________, when babies are biologically prepared to “zero in” on socially meaningful perceptual distinctions
A) from birth to three months B) in the first half of the first year C) in the second half of the first year D) during the second year of life
Kaylin is at a concert where the singer held a really high note for a few seconds. Kaylin could tell it was a high note versus a low note as a result of the _______ the sound wave produced.
A. amplitude of B. noise in C. timbre of D. frequency of
The nomothetic approach in psychology (or in any science) is intended to establish broad generalizations and universal "laws." When using the nomothetic approach researchers are likely to make
A. many observations of one individual. B. observations of many individuals and focus on extreme scores. C. observations of many individuals and focus on the average (typical) score. D. few observations of a few individuals and focus on the scores that occur most often.