Each time he steps up to the plate, a baseball player touches the bill of his cap three times, just as he did before hitting a home run in a previous game. Which principle accounts for his actions?
a. modeling
b. reminiscence
c. positive transfer
d. superstitious behavior
D
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Jenna has decided that she is going to have her baby sleep in a bassinet in her bedroom. This may reduce the chances of SIDS for Jenna's baby because
a. mothers and infants who sleep in the same room tend to synchronize patterns of sleep, breathing, and states of arousal, possibly reducing the occurrence of apnea. b. mothers and infants who sleep in the same room do not spend very much time sleeping, reducing the opportunity for infants to die in their sleep. c. mothers are more likely to wake up if their infants stop breathing while they are in the same room. d. baby monitors do not do a very good job of differentiating between quiet sleep and the cessation of respiration.
A pediatrician calculates that an infant is born at 43 weeks gestational age. This infant would
be termed: A) preterm. B) postterm. C) small for gestational age. D) perinatal.
Isi was raised by a single father who had his heart broken repeatedly by different women. After seeing his father hurt so often, Isi feels that he cannot trust women. Which one of the following psychologists would most likely explain how prejudice is learned in a way similar to this example?
A. Pavlov B. Skinner C. Tolman D. Bandura
Which of the following is true of children in the 20th century?
A) Children received greater legal protection than they did prior to then. B) Children were married at a younger age than those in previous centuries. C) Children were considered to be the property of their parents. D) Children experienced less emphasis on education than during previous centuries.