The language acquisition device (LAD) was proposed by Chomsky to explain _____.
a) the mean length of utterance
b) children's ability to derive the rules of grammar quickly and effectively
c) the systematic differences among languages
d) children's vocabulary spurts
b) children's ability to derive the rules of grammar quickly and effectively
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The idea that behaviours followed by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less likely to be repeated is known as:
A) Pavlov's law of law of classical conditioning. B) Thorndike's law of effect. C) Garcia's theory of evolutionary conditioning. D) Tolman's theory of latent learning.
Dalia Dippolito was convicted of hiring a hit man to murder her husband. What type of aggression is this?
A. direct active B. direct passive C. indirect active D. indirect passive
Sherif's experiments of how people judged the amount of movement of a dot of light in a dark room demonstrated that when there is no objectively correct response, participants were
A) likely to doubt themselves and accept the group opinion. B) likely to doubt the group opinion, but nevertheless conform to it. C) not likely to follow the group opinion. D) likely to follow the group opinion, but only temporarily. When questioned alone later, their judgments shifted back to their initial, private judgment.
During the middle school years, all of the following occur EXCEPT
a) children spend significantly less time with their parents. b) parents still remain the major influence in their children's lives. c) siblings have an important influence, both good and bad, on children. d) peer relationships are more influential than family relationships.