Roberto is "motivated" to practice the piano because his parents pay him $5 for every half-hour he plays. This type of motivation would best be considered as:
a. intrinsic motivation
b. extrinsic motivation
c. egocentric motivation
d. functional subordination
b
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A) andropause B) menopause C) infertility D) reproductive halting
According to the article Psychics and Scientists, magician James Randi
(a) claims tobe able to see the future (b) owns a number of psychic telephone services (c) killed himself after he was exposed as a psychic fraud on national television (d) offers a reward for a demonstration of psychic phenomena
Which of these is a drawback of single-cell recording?
A. Single-cell recording does not allow researchers to monitor the activity of mirror neurons. B. It requires surgical implantation of a needle in the brain, which makes it inappropriate for most human subjects. C. Single-cell recording monitors the autonomic nervous system rather than a subject's conscious thoughts and actions. D. It yields little data when used with research subjects who have epilepsy.
Which of the Bronfenbrenner's five levels addresses the everyday, immediate environment in which children lead their daily lives?
a) mesosystem b) exosystem c) microsystem d) macrosystem