Americans usually reject the need to learn, understand, and appreciate other languages, customs, and cultures. This is an example of _____
a) ethnocentrism
b) code frame switching
c) acculturation
d) bilingualism
a
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Which type of theory BEST accounts for the apparent rapidity and ease of language acquisition in early childhood?
a. behaviorist theory b. nativist theory c. cognitive theory d. social communication theory
Stanley and Barbara are talking about how they can teach their children, Andrew and Christine, to be more prosocial. They decide that this weekend they are going to take their children to a local food kitchen and they are going to volunteer as a family. After they do so, the children both ask when they can go back and help again. In this case, Stanley and Barbara have helped inspire prosocial behavior through
a. induction of prosocial acts. b. providing an opportunity to behave prosocially. c. disciplinary practices that reward prosocial behavior. d. modeling prosocial behavior.
Descartes imagined that the seat of the soul and consciousness might reside in what part of the brain?
A. Amygdale B. Thalamus C. hypothalamus D. pineal gland E. pituitary gland
Melissa is an attractive woman who lives in Ottawa and loves hockey. When asked to predict if it were probable that she was a schoolteacher or a season ticket holder for the Ottawa Senators, most people selected the latter, even though there are more schoolteachers than there are season ticket holders in Ottawa. This is an illustration of:
A) hindsight bias. B) the representativeness heuristic. C) base-rate decision making. D) the sunk-cost fallacy.