The process by which people concentrate on selected skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas is called __________
a) selective optimization
b) activity theory
c) continuity theory
d) minimizing theory
Answer: a
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Within the primary motor cortex, the amount of brain tissue devoted to a particular area of the body (such as the arm or the tongue) correlates strongly with what?
a. The total volume of that body part b. How near that body part is to the brain c. How precisely we can move that body part d. How ancient that body part is in our evolutionary history
Which statement is TRUE of the cortical areas that are sometimes known as "association areas"? a. They have primary control over processes of thinking and reasoning. b. They are best described as additional sensory areas
c. They form associations between touch and hearing. d. They integrate information from more than one sensory system.
What names are most associated with operant conditioning?
a. B. F. Skinner and Carl Rogers c. Edward Thorndike and B. F. Skinner b. Ivan Pavlov and George Miller d. Albert Bandura and Ivan Pavlov
A _____ reinforcer is effective because of its very nature, while a _____ reinforcer is effective only after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer
a. large; small b. generalized; automatic c. primary; conditioned d. learned; instinctive