When a child is able to pretend that he/she is driving a car, feeding a doll, or cooking dinner after he/she has witnessed such scenes, and the person the child witnessed doing the activity is no longer present, this is called

a) deferred imitation.
b) make believe.
c) object permanence.
d) maturity.


a

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What have studies shown related to female athletes and attitudes about rape?

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______ test is used to conduct an ANOVA for any design comparing three or more means that contains a within-subjects variable.

A. repeated measures B. two-way ANOVA C. one-way ANOVA D. repeated subjects

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Which of the following did Skinner believe about the modification of behaviors?

a. All behaviors can be modified. b. Behavioral contingencies at the phylogenetic level or the cultural level may prevent some behaviors from being modified. c. Respondent conditioning accounts for the majority of learning that occurs during an individual’s lifetime. d. While punishment can modify all behaviors, reinforcement can modify only some behaviors.

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