A failing in a specific cognitive skill that is not attributable to an overall intellectual slowness, a physical condition, or an environmental problem is a(n) ______
Fill in the blank with correct word
learning disability
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In Dr. Segal’s study of the effects of television watching on the language development of children under the age of two, which of the following would you recommend to operationalize the dependent variable?
a. The cumulative amount of time spent watching television during the study b. A count of the number of words each child knows at the end of the study c. The amount of time per session spent watching television d. A count of the number of words each child knows at the beginning and end of the study
Robert Eisenberger found that rewarding a high level of effort on one task increases the level of effort on other tasks. This illustrates _______
a. discrimination b. generalization c. motivational transfer d. a motivational paradox
Brittany’s rats were working on concurrent VI schedules. Both were VI 30 schedules, but on schedule A the rats earned 5 pellets while on schedule B, they earned only 1. Brittany was disappointed that her rats did not exhibit perfect matching. What is a likely explanation?
a. Rats cannot discriminate 1 pellet from 5 pellets. b. It takes too long for rats to consume 5 pellets, so they don’t perceive the outcome as immediate. c. One never gets perfect matching when the concurrent interval lengths are the same. d. Individuals’ perceptions of reinforcer magnitude may not be a linear function of actual magnitude.
Who attempted to measure intelligence using people's reaction times?
A) Louis Terman B) Alfred Binet C) Paul Broca D) Francis Galton