When a toddler sees a pear and says "apple", this is an example of
a. a predicate statement
b. an overegularization
c. a categorical overinclusion
d. an analogical overextension
e. a proto-declarative
Answer: c. a categorical overinclusion
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a. A reluctance in discussing the death of her husband b. An increase in her financial stability c. A willingness to discuss the death of her husband d. Suppressing emotional reactions until the mourning has been completed
When parents allow their own emotional responses to characters in a story to be seen, children may benefit through which process?
A. catharsis B. reinforcement C. empathy D. modeling
The concept of equipotentiality suggests which of the following?
A) The setting where conditioning occurs is unrelated to the success with which the conditioning will be accomplished. B) All conditioned responses will equally predict all unconditioned responses. C) All conditioned stimuli can be equally conditioned to all unconditioned stimuli. D) Conditioning can only occur in settings that are familiar to the organism being conditioned.
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