Which of the following ideas does the ethological perspective propose?

a. Infants are predisposed by evolution to form emotional bonds to caregivers.
b. Infants learn through reinforcement to bond with caregivers.
c. Infants are conditioned to elicit attachment behaviors from birth onward.
d. Infants develop attachment behaviors over the first year of life.


a. Infants are predisposed by evolution to form emotional bonds to caregivers.

Psychology

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Alzheimer's disease is a type of _______________ in which an individual's ability to retrieve memories gradually becomes seriously impaired over a period of a few years.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

With their notion of psychophysical isomorphism, the Gestaltists opposed the:

a. law of Prägnanz b. principle of inclusiveness c. constancy hypothesis d. principle of similarity

Psychology

The phenomenon of imprinting can be considered evidence for

(a) genetic programming (b) sensitivity to critical environmental events (c) the importance of early experience (d) all of the above

Psychology

Itzel, a Yucatec Mayan preschooler, is hungry. She is most likely to

A) decide for herself when and how much to eat. B) ask her mother to make her a meal. C) wait until the family's set mealtime to eat. D) make a pretend meal for herself and her dolls to "eat."

Psychology