It is the research itself, and not the researcher, that is the focus of an APA-style research report.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Tolman's research arguably indicates that _____ demonstrate a rudimentary form of of Thurstone's primary mental ability of _____.
A) infants; numerical ability B) infants; spatial visualization C) rats; numerical ability D) rats; spatial visualization
When a child's first word combinations omit unnecessary words, it is called telegraphic speech
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Doug is enamored of the humanistic approach to understanding personality. He identifies the five most "evolved" people he personally knows—folks who are smart, witty, spiritually-centered, creative, and adventuresome—and interviews each in depth. At the conclusion of his investigations he finds that they are all quite self-actualized. What is the central problem with Doug's approach?
A. He may have fallen prey to the blacktop illusion; Doug was unable to see past the "humanistic horizon" proposed by Maslow. B. He may have fallen prey to the simulation heuristic; he imagined what these people would be like, and interacted with them accordingly. C. He may have fallen prey to an elusive correlation; he underestimated the magnitude of the relationship between personality and behavior. D. He may have fallen prey to the confirmation bias; Doug interviewed people he thought would be self-actualized, and discovered they seemed to be self-actualized.
Thorndike's law of effect states that
a. people learn more efficiently than rats. b. learning cannot occur in a single trial. c. learning is quickly forgotten if the relevant situation is not re-experienced. d. behaviors followed by negative outcomes are less likely to be repeated.