Though Jenny tried in vain to reach a puzzle on the top shelf by standing on a chair, she simply could not reach
Suddenly she realized that by placing a thick catalog on the seat of the chair, she would be high enough to reach the puzzle. Jenny's solution is best explained by which of the following?
a. her previous history of conditioning
b. her previous experiences with reaching objects that are out of reach
c. latent learning
d. insight
d
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Which of the following factors is most likely to have an effect on predictions made by the Yerkes-Dodson Law?
a) task instructions b) gender of person doing the task c) age of person doing the task d) difficulty of task
The theorist most associated with a learning theory approach to development is
a. Erik Erikson. b. Albert Bandura. c. Jean Piaget. d. Sigmund Freud.
In persuasion, presenting both sides of an argument is
a. ineffective because it tends to confuse people. b. ineffective because it seems ambivalent. c. always ineffective. d. almost always effective. e. effective when the counter-argument is refuted.
One biological factor that has been related to individuals who experience insomnia is a. Lower body temperature. b. higher body temperature. c. low body weight
d. percentage of body fat.