Glinda jingles her keys in front of baby Elphaba's face, and she watches and smiles. Glinda continues to bring her keys up and jingle them in front of Elphaba because she appears to enjoy this game. After a while, though, Elphaba seems to lose interest in the game and no longer focuses on the keys when Glinda jingles them. This illustrates the process of
a. cross-modal perception.
b. constancy.
c. preferential looking.
d. habituation.
d
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a. ecological b. nativist c. biological d. constructivist
According to Skinner, the best way to deal with and decrease undesirable behavior is to:
a. ignore it and thus put the behavior on extinction b. punish it c. reinforce it d. explain to the perpetrator why his or her behavior is undesirable
In contrast with well-fed American babies, impoverished babies in rural Africa achieve movement skills at consistently younger average ages. This is an example of research on ____ development
a. optimized b. psychophysical c. the ecological validity of d. normative
In self-modification, a mediator should:
a. offer advice on the best way to change. b. dispense reinforcers contingently. c. initiate change. d. act as a go-between with others.