The principle of mutual exclusivity is an attempt to understand how children:
a. perceive discrete units of speech
b. perceive a continuous stream of speech
c. understand which grammatical rules apply in new sentences
d. learn the referents of particular words
Ans: d. learn the referents of particular words
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Damage to the midbrain would most likely result in ____
a. the inability to speak b. changes in pain perception c. the inability to regulate blood pressure d. difficulties with facial expressions
To determine which antecedent control procedures to use in any given situation, it is helpful to understand the situation by analyzing the _______________________ related to both the problem behavior and competing behaviors
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
William has noticed that his daughter Bonnie has recently begun to ask a lot of questions like, "What can I be when I grow up?" and "How come the sky is blue?" This behavior is best associated with the ____ stage of development
a. autonomy versus shame and doubt b. intimacy versus isolation c. initiative versus guilt d. trust versus mistrust
Watson criticized the introspective methods of the structuralists and functionalists primarily because:
A) the use of these methods necessitated a belief in the existence of mental events. B) introspection cannot produce replicable and objective measures required by science. C) the stimulus-response introspective model was overly simplistic. D) reaction time was an unreliable dependent measure.