The cognitive-affective processing system (CAPS) theory proposed by Walter Mischel attempts to understand personality through
A. situationism.
B. realism.
C. materialism.
D. collectivism.
Answer: A
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A. trichromatic theory B. opponent-process theory C. figure-ground relationship D. apparent movement
The differences between emotionally abusive and neglectful behavior include all of
the following except: a. Neglect is usually passive whereas abuse is active. b. Neglectful parents ignore their children's needs, whereas emotionally abusive parents reject the children's needs. c. Emotional abuse is easier to detect than neglect. d. Emotionally abusive parents give mostly negative attention to their children, whereas neglectful parents usually avoid their children. e. Emotional abuse and neglect are usually differentiated by focusing on the caregiver's attitude toward the child.
When a child modifies her existing schema about all animals in water being fish to understand that seals are not fish, she is engaging in assimilation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
With which of the following statements would linguist Noam Chomsky would agree?
A. All human beings learn languages through the process of reinforcement and shaping. B. There is essentially a single universal grammar underlying all human languages. C. There are many learning processes involved in the actual process of language learning. D. Humans speak because they want to convey an idea or a feeling and not because they have been reinforced to do so.