A writer pitches a sitcom idea to a network executive called "Don't Tell Him He's Adopted!" about a chimpanzee raised from birth as a member of a suburban American family
In technical terms the chimpanzee in the show's premise is being _______________, a technique that has been used to try teaching language to non-human animals.
A) fast mapped
B) cross-fostered
C) rebonded
D) zoadopted
Answer: B
Rationale: Cross-fostering involves being raised as a member of a family that was not of the same species. Attempts to use this technique to teach human language to animals have consistently failed.
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A. the chances of the average client benefiting are significant B. for disorders that have a brief duration, treatment provides no obvious benefit C. degree of improvement and number of therapy sessions are unrelated D. all therapy outcomes are positive or neutral; none are negative
Children and adolescents with PTSD experience recurrent, distressing memories of shocking experiences and traumas that include threat of or direct or indirect experience with ____
a. psychotic parents c. depression, anxiety, or stress b. death, serious injury, or sexual violation d. inconsistent primary care-givers
Infants' memories are context-dependent, which means that memory performance is
a. harmed by negative reinforcement. b. prone to rapid and total forgetting. c. enhanced by classically conditioned extinction. d. best tested in the same place as the original learning.
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A. is likely to punish his behavior. B. serves as a model for his behavior. C. reinforces his behavior. D. serves as a releaser for his behavior.