An orienting stimulus produced sensitization instead of habituation. The stimulus probably was:

a. rare or infrequent
b. visual
c. weak
d. intense


D

Psychology

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a. dishabituation. b. priming. c. chunking. d. displacement.

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The first two-word sentence appears at about 21 months of age

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

The realization that objects exist even when they are not within view is called

a. object concept. c. deferred permanence. b. objectification. d. semiotic function.

Psychology

Four-month-old Annabelle takes her mother's keys and puts them into her mouth, much as she does her pacifier. Annabelle's treatment of the keys demonstrates which concept of Piaget's theory?

a. assimilation c. organization b. accommodation d. conditioning

Psychology