Macintosh is trying to get his grandson to learn the word "apple.". His attempt involves looking at an apple on a tree, making sure that his grandson is also looking, and then saying "apple.". Macintosh's effort to teach his grandson is clearly based on

a. infant-directed speech

b. the innate orienting response.
c. fast-mapping.
d. joint attention.


d

Psychology

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Fifty-year-old Keith is informed by his doctor that his brain is showing signs of the initial development of neuritic plaques and a few neurofibrillary tangles. This is

a. normal b. a definite indicator of Parkinson's disease. c. a definite indicator of Alzheimer's disease. d. a definite indicator of Huntington's disease.

Psychology

Alison's bathroom scale will not register a weight of more than 130 pounds. Alison does not realize this, and therefore is unaware that she has put on a few pounds until she begins to notice how tight her clothes are. This illustrates the confound of a _____ effect

a. ceiling b. floor c. practice d. fatigue

Psychology

Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. "All species are biological predisposed to learn some things more easily than do others. " 2. "Simple, but not complex, tasks can be learned through observation. " 3. "Observational learning challenges operant conditioning because such learning occurs in the absence of reinforcement or punishment. " 4. "Albert Bandura conducted the Bobo doll experiment investigating observational learning. " 5. "Bandura's research demonstrated that simply observing aggressive models was not sufficient to produce aggressive behaviour in children; reinforcement of the aggressive behaviour was needed. "

Psychology

Describe burnout's role in the development of Type 2 diabetes

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology