Three-year-old Toni and her family got a new Yorkie puppy last week
The puppy's name is Maxine and it weighs only 2 pounds. Her neighbors also got a new puppy, but they got a large-breed St. Bernard. When Toni went to her neighbors' home to visit their puppy, who weighed 15 pounds at only 8 weeks of age, Toni refused to believe it was actually a puppy. Toni was demonstrating _____
a) an underextension error.
b) a misuse of telegraphic speech.
c) an overextension error.
d) a phonemic error.
Answer: a
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a. enzymes b. histones c. esters d. acetyl groups
Which of the following independent variables would NOT be used in instrumental conditioning?
a. reinforcement schedules b. delay of time between response and reinforcement c. magnitude of the reinforcement d. interval of time between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus
The idea that personality is the product of interactions between behavior, the environment, and personal factors is known as _______________, and is a key component to the social-cognitive approach to personality
FIll in the blank with correct word.