Baltes and his colleagues have led the way in documenting the evolution of lifespan psychology in general, and the study of adult development and aging in particular
Through their work they have found seven core assumptions consistent with the ____________ view that influences current lifespan developmental theory.
a) Mechanistic Metatheory
b) Organismic Metatheory
c) Contextual Metatheory
d) None of the above
Answer: c
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a. Time b. Movement c. Emotion d. Balance
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a. tolerance induction b. habituation c. hypnotic dissociation d. meditation
In classical conditioning, stimulus generalization occurs when:
a. a novel stimulus produces a response that is similar to the response produced by a conditioned stimulus b. a novel stimulus produces a response that is different from the response produced by a conditioned stimulus c. a conditioned response develops that is opposite to the unconditioned response d. an unconditioned response develops that is opposite to the conditioned response
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psychoanalyst. information-process theorist. behaviorist. sociologist.