What was Konrad Lorenz's contribution to attachment theory?

What will be an ideal response?


Konrad Lorenz researched imprinting in birds. He found that whatever moving object a bird first saw after hatching, it would imprint on. Imprinting provided protection. It would cause the young bird to stay close to his mother so she could protect him. This meant that there was some biological basis involved in protection.

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The main purpose of a living will is to

a. make provisions for the division of property among loved ones after one's own death. b. specify how much medical care you wish to receive if you become terminally ill. c. appoint guardians to care for all living minor offspring upon one's death. d. make active euthanasia legal for one's self.

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According to Piaget, :

a. intelligence is genetic and unfolds through maturation with the passage of time. b. cognition is a simple process that is innate and becomes stronger with experience and time. c. cognitive developments are based upon children's interactions with the environment. d. children are born with all of the schemes they will ever need.

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Your neighbor has a five-year-old son. He has been taking him to story time at the library, but his son is having a very difficult time sitting, even for 10 minutes. You know his son's brain is still maturing and has not fully developed

Different areas of the brain develop at different times. Such areas are the prefrontal cortex, reticular formation, hippocampus, and the corpus callosum. His son should be able to sit through the entire story time once his _______________ develops more fully. reticular formation || hippocampus || corpus callosum || cerebellum || || ||

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Why did Wilhelm Wundt believe that people who spoke German were likely to be more organized, orderly, and responsible compare to those who didn’t?

A. German is relatively loose in terms of positioning words. B. German requires discipline, precision and order. C. German is uptight. D. There are more syllables in words when it comes to German words.

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