According to your text, the shared environment of the home has relatively little influence on personality
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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Which of the following has been shown to influence which toys a young child prefers?
a. Amount of testosterone exposure before birth b. Being born in summer months versus winter months c. Eating a vegetarian or nonvegetarian diet d. Being left-handed or right-handed
An Australian study of professionally employed new fathers found that a. new fathers were not interested in bonding with their children, as they expected mothers to fulfill that role. b. fathers were most interested in father-infant bonding and baby games as evidenced by their Internet surfingactivity
c. fathers were most interested in resuming sex after delivery and breast-feeding as evidenced by their Internetsurfing activity. d. fathers and children do not begin the bonding process until children are at least 2 years old.
Regarding brainwashing techniques, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Brainwashing generally requires a captive audience. b. The target person is made completely dependent upon the indoctrinators. c. Having complete control over the target person's environment allows a degree of psychological manipulation that would be impossible in a normal setting. d. Most "converted" victims of brainwashing remain permanently brainwashed.
Extinction in operant conditioning involves:
A) presenting the reinforcer when the behaviour does not occur. B) no longer presenting the reinforcer when the response occurs. C) repeatedly presenting the CS without the US. D) not presenting the discriminative stimulus, which signals the opportunity to respond.