By age 8 children are better able to play video games. This is most likely due to increases in
lateralization of which one of the following?
a. Visual acuity
b. Association areas
c. Spatial perception
d. Stamina
c. Spatial perception
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Cognitive psychologists explain the outcome of classical conditioning in terms of the publicly observable conditions of learning
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Bethany answers the phone and is greeted by a person selling magazines. She says that she's not interested in buying any magazines, but the person persists. She ends up buying several subscriptions that she knows she does not need. Bethany illustrates:
a. self-handicapping c. conformity b. obedience d. compliance
By the 1960s, behaviorists were losing ground for their theory on several fronts. Which of the following was not seen as a threat to behaviorism?
A. Piaget observed that children undertake new ways of thinking as they mature. B. Insight was observed in animals. C. Linguists believed humans are biologically designed to acquire language. D. There was an onslaught of computer phobias with the advances in computer technology.
What is called the assumption that a research hypothesis should be disprovable which means that someone should have an opportunity to test it and as a result, reject it or support it?
A. parsimony B. falsifiability C. representativeness D. testable