The broad trend that describes the historical development of scientific psychology may be characterized as
A. unchanging; current scientific psychology is much as it was at its inception.
B. a focus on a small, specific set of behaviors in order to establish the science as legitimate.
C. shifts in theoretical perspectives from behaviorism, to cognitive perspectives, to neuroscience emphases.
D. conflicted, with much disagreement about the role of spiritualism in psychology
C. shifts in theoretical perspectives from behaviorism, to cognitive perspectives, to neuroscience emphases.
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A. Proximal influences B. Epigenesis C. Distal influences D. Adoption design
An average child in the concrete operational stage of cognitive development can be expected to do all but which of the following?
a. recognize that other people's thoughts and feelings may differ from his/her own b. perform simple logical operations tied to tangible examples c. be less egocentric than her/his younger siblings d. understand that quantity or amount of an object remains constant despite superficial changes in outward appearance e. generate hypotheses and think deductively
Money is an example of a(n):
a. conditioned reinforcer b. conditioned stimulus c. unconditioned reinforcer d. unconditioned stimulus
Beryl is conducting an observational study and has trained two raters to use the rating instrument. Both of the raters drop out just after the study has begun, so Beryl has to substitute in less well-trained raters. Beryl has increased the risk of ____
a. low reliability of the measure b. low strength of the intervention c. poor reliability of treatment implementation d. random irrelevancies in the setting