Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory has the advantage of:
a. including abilities that are not normally measured by standard tests of intelligence
b. explaining differences in intelligence between people
c. focusing on the affective factors involved in intelligence
d. identifying parts of the brain that are involved in critical thinking
A
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a. psychodynamic b. cognitive developmental c. ecological d. social cognitive
Titchener concluded that there are about ____ identifiable sensations, most of which are related to the sense of ____.
a. 1,200; audition b. 40,000; audition c. 400; vision d. 40,000; vision
When children learn the pragmatics of speech, they are learning the ____
a. ?appropriate order of subject, verb, and object in their language b. many different words that stand for the same thing in their language? c. rules of conversation operating in their culture? d. basic sounds that comprise their language?
Which of the following is a major criticism of Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory of human development?
a. He focused too much on sexuality and it is hard to reduce human development to a single motive. b. He studied children excessively and spent too much time on experimental methods. c. He underemphasized the significance of childhood and overemphasized later time periods. d. He spent too much time studying a diversity of subjects and people from varying ages.