Infants between 2 and 4 months old beginning to prefer stimuli that are moderately novel seems to be based on a stimulus's

a. familiarity. c. rather than its physical characteristics.
b. psychological significance. d. representation of a previously seen object.


B

Psychology

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In the field of psychology, "illness" has traditionally meant

a. cognitive or emotional problems b. physical illness c. only categories of physical illness that involve broken bones d. mental disorders only when they involve hallucinations e. both a and b

Psychology

When Hai visits his parents, he whines a lot about how unappreciated he is at work. It seems likely that the presence of his parents is _____ for his whining

A) ?a discriminative stimulus B) ?a reinforcer C) ?reinforcement D) ?a conditioned stimulus

Psychology

Outliers can be handled:

A. by transforming data. B. by deleting outlying cases. C. either by deleting cases or variables or by using an appropriate data transformation. D. None of the answers is correct.

Psychology

One theory suggests that people at risk for antisocial personality disorder are in a chronic state of underarousal and that their behavior represents misguided attempts to

a. seek stimulation. b. diminish psychological pain. c. meet ego needs and desires. d. fit into society at large.

Psychology