In the context of cognitive development,__________is the creation of new ways of responding to objects or looking at the world
A) inclination
B) fixation
C) assimilation
D) accommodation
E) Select
D
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a. mean b. median c. median location d. both a and c
The current American Psychiatric Association text used to diagnose psychological disorders is known by the abbreviation _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
As an information-processing theorist, Dr. Tonic is most likely to conceptualize human cognitive development as a(n) a. butterfly that evolves from one qualitative level of processing to the next
b. computer that develops a larger "hard drive memory" and a "faster central processing unit.". c. iceberg in which little processing can be seen, but a great deal is occurring at the unconscious level. d. mechanical calculator, unaffected by biological factors.
When Keller and Marian Breland, two psychologists who became animal trainers, decided that it would be cute to have a pig drop a big wooden coin into a box, they found that __________
a) food was not an effective reinforcer for the pig and so learning didn't occur. b) when given edible roots as reinforcers, the pig learned the task in less than ten trials. c) the pig displayed instinctive drift by dropping the coin and pushing it around with its nose. d) the pig showed intrinsic interest in the task and so reinforcement was unnecessary.