What kind of assessment procedure did Arnold Gesell develop in the 1940s?
A. a test to measure the intelligence quotient (IQ) of babies
B. a test that measured infant development to distinguish between normal and atypical development in babies
C. an interview procedure to measure language skills in babies
D. a survey of babies' preferences and habits
Answer: B
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Which of the following is one of the main criticisms of projective tests?
a. Their accuracy depends on the order in which the stimuli are presented. b. They are deceptive attempts to get at the unconscious. c. There is inadequate evidence for the reliability of projective measures. d. More effort is needed to respond to them than in the case of self-report inventories.
Chomsky radically changed the course of psychology by showing that:
a. language acquisition cannot be explained using operant principles b. learned behavior is eventually displaced by instinctual behavior c. some associations are more easily learned than others d. language is explained in the same way as any other form of learned behavior
Susan Rose and her colleagues (2001) showed that visual recognition memory is:
a. somewhat stable from age to age. b. related significantly to brain myelination. c. positively correlated with brain weight. d. a good way to screen infants for handicaps, such as sensory or neurological problems.
Describe the guidelines for evaluating personality theories that were listed in your text (Giordano, 2008)?
What will be an ideal response?