If a child believes that the name "cat" refers only to her own family's cat and to no other cats, she is a victim of
a. overextension
b. fast mapping.
c. underextension.
d. overregulation.
c
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a. Alzheimer's disease; fetal alcohol syndrome b. Down syndrome; heart problems c. fetal alcohol syndrome; Alzheimer's disease d. microcephaly; heart problems
Self-actualization correlates negatively with _______.
a. self-esteem b. self-acceptance c. acceptance of others d. the importance of financial success
The temperature required by reproductive cells of birds and most mammals is ____.
A. higher than the rest of the body B. lower than the rest of the body C. the same as the internal organs of the body D. fluctuating in direct opposition to changes in body temperature
Cattell argues that the bivariate method, which relies on the manipulation of an independent variable and the assessment of its impact on a dependent measure:
a. studies the "whole organism" b. is the best way of studying behavior c. arbitrarily considers "bits" of human behavior and ignores the total organism d. leads to complex interpretations of the way events operate in reality