Which view of language development holds that language is an innate, biological capacity that humans possess?

A) Skinnerian
B) behaviourist
C) nativist
D) humanist


C) nativist

Psychology

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Which of the following is most likely to be the topic of research of a biological psychologist?

a. Did contagious yawning provide a survival advantage in early societies? b. Do stress hormones due to abuse in early childhood affect the ability to form memories? c. At what age can a child correctly separate the vocabulary and grammar of two languages? d. Will a study participant obey an authority figure even in violation of his or her own moral code?

Psychology

The independent variable in a study

a. Is a variable that is extraneous to the study b. Is believed to be responsible for the change in the dependent variable c. Reflects differences between subjects that cannot be controlled d. Is the response that a subject makes

Psychology

Vygotsky believed that the student was best able to learn when structural guides were present to help them in the acquisition of new ideas. These guides were called:

a. neurostructures. b. schema. c. metaguides. d. scaffolding.

Psychology

Cocaine increases which two chemical messengers?

a. noradrenaline and dopamine b. acetylcholine and THC c. histamine and phosphene d. RNA and serotonin

Psychology