If a loud siren is sounded, any newborn infant will automatically scream. In classical conditioning terminology, the siren is a(n) ____
a. conditioned response
b. unconditioned response
c. unconditioned stimulus
d. conditioned stimulus
c
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The elderly display the same behavioral symptoms of a psychological disorder as young adults.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Suppose that you have just studied a map of a region, and you have formed a cognitive map for it. Based on what you know from Chapter 7, we could predict that
a. you would estimate that two cities are far apart if there are many other cities in between. b. you would estimate that two cities are close if there are many cities in between. c. the number of intervening cities only influences distance estimates when people are very familiar with the route. d. the number of cities on the route between two cities has little effect on distance estimates.
Children around the world learn their parents' language at the same average pace. These "linguistic universals" suggest to nativists that
a. language learning is based on the infantile diet. b. similar language instruction is given in all cultures. c. the brain is biologically programmed to learn language. d. empiricism best explains the learning of language.
It can be hard for an early teenage newcomer to make friends on first arrival because
a. newcomers' racial identities are hard to identify. b. cliques have already been formed. c. authoritarian parents are often strict about discipline. d. during adolescence, many are confused about their sexual orientation.