A word that regularly appears in a young child's language as an anchor for other words is called a(n)
a. open word. c. pivot word.
b. tack word. d. morpheme.
C
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Adam has a schema for saying, "Hi.". He has a second schema for holding out his hand. He has another schema for making eye contact. With time, Adam is able to combine the simple schemas into a complex structure of a greeting (i.e., simultaneously making eye contact, saying "Hi," and holding out his hand to be shaken). According to Piaget, Adam is demonstrating
a. organization. b. hypothetical-deductive reasoning. c. reversibility. d. class inclusion.
Freud's theory:
a. is very precise and testable b. is very comprehensive c. lacks heuristic value d. lacks applied value
Paz just ate some salty popcorn. Now she is experiencing an increase in the concentration of sodium in her _____.
A. extracellular fluid B. intracellular fluid C. ventricles D. hypothalamus
Kenny and Stanley have a big English exam coming up soon. To encourage him to study, Kenny's mom promises him he can watch ten minutes of cartoons for every hour he spends studying. Stanley's mom tells him that he can spend ten minutes reading Crime and Punishment for every hour he studies. Both boys study for more than ten hours and get As on the exam. Which of the following theories best explains the fact that both students spent a great deal of time studying in spite of the fact that they were rewarded so differently?
A. Incentive theory B. Opponent-process theory C. Drive reduction theory D. Arousal theory