How do we distinguish learning from maturation?
a) Learning occurs before maturation.
b) Experience is not necessary for maturation to occur.
c) Only primates learn, but maturation occurs in all species.
d) Learning is a relatively permanent change, whereas maturation fluctuates.
B
You might also like to view...
Little Debbie, who is two years old, loves cupcakes and hates fruit pie. She has observed that her mother hates cupcakes and loves fruit pies. If Debbie were handed a plate with a piece of pie and a different plate with a cupcake, and was asked to give one to her mother, Debbie would most likely
a. hand mom the pie. b. hand mom the cupcake. c. hand mom both plates. d. keep both plates for herself.
Phoenix, a research assistant, is going to "draw names out of a hat" to select research participants for his study. Phoenix would be
a. choosing a random sample. b. circumventing the proper protocol. c. stratifying the sample. d. doing a qualitative research study.
Rote rehearsal is ______
a. not useful for retaining information in either short-term or long-term memory b. useful for retaining information in short-term, but not long-term, memory c. useful for retaining information in long-term, but not short-term, memory d. useful for retaining information in both short-term and long-term memory
Children tend to rely on the literal meaning of an utterance, even when prosody strongly suggest a nonliteral meaning, in what is known as the __________ bias.
a. categorical b. confirmation c. lexical d. literal