When infants reach about 6 months of age they begin "babbling," that is __________
a) they begin stringing phonemes together.
b) they begin learning the rules of syntax.
c) they begin stringing morphemes together
d) they begin using words to construct nonsensical utterances.
a
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With which one of the following statements would Freud be most likely to agree?
a. ?Dreams are important clues to the content of our unconscious. b. ?Dreams have no psychological meaning. c. ?Dreams allow us to dump useless information. d. ?Dreams are the brain’s attempt to make sense of random neural activity.
Expressing your thoughts and feelings while asking for what you want in an appropriate, calm, and confident manner is called ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Susan trained her rat to press a bar in a Skinner box in order to get a food pellet. Susan's rat pressed the bar a lot. However, later when Susan ran out of food pellets her rat eventually stopped pressing the bar. What had happened?
a) conditioned aversion b) satiation c) extinction d) withdrawal
With respect to asthma, the hygiene hypothesis is supported by data showing all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A. children born by cesarean delivery (very sterile) have more asthma B. farm children have less asthma and other allergies C. first-born children develop asthma more often than later-born children D. city children have less asthma and fewer allergies