When describing the development of his son Pitt, Brad says, "The best way to describe it is in terms of a slow computer with a small memory getting faster processor and more storage space.". This type of description would suggest that Brad adheres to a(n) ____ approach to development
a. operant conditioning
b. ecological theory
c. Piagetian
d. information-processing
d
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When infants reach about six months of age, they begin babbling. That is, __________.
A. they begin repeating consonant-vowel combinations B. they begin learning the rules of syntax C. they begin stringing words together in sentences D. they begin using words to construct nonsensical utterances
In his third year of college, Omar comes to the realization that there are multiple possible truths, rather than one absolute truth, which are each relative to its context. Omar is engaged in __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Who would make the best hypnotic subject?
a. ?Jerome, who very much wants to be hypnotized b. ?Sally, who has had very little education c. ?Carmello, who believes that the hypnotist is a fraud d. ?Nadia, who is extremely intelligent
Simister and Cooper decided to find out if there is a relationship between crime and the weather. They obtained data on temperatures and criminal activity in Los Angeles over a four-year period. When they graphed air temperature and the frequency of aggravated assaults, they found that assaults and temperatures rise and fall more or less in parallel. Therefore, knowing the temperature in Los
Angeles now allows us to a. predict the number of aggravated assaults. b. explain why aggravated assaults occur. c. prevent aggravated assaults from occurring. d. do all of these.