Behaviorists explain language acquisition in children as a process involving ____ of sounds in the parent's language and ____ of foreign sounds
a. extinction? reinforcement
b. reinforcement? extinction
c. reinforcement? shaping
d. shaping? extinction
b
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The actor-observer effect suggests that, as actors, we attribute our behaviors to ____, but, as observers, we attribute others' behavior to ____
a. motivation; conformity c. consensus; consistency b. the situation; their disposition d. self-schema; event schema
Simply stated, the idea behind natural selection is that organisms that are better suited to their environments tend to produce offspring more successfully than those organisms with poorer adaptations
a. true b. false
The most appropriate test of the validity of a diagnostic system is its correspondence
with behavioral observations. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In a double-blind study, which of the following is true?
a. The participants do not know whether they received the manipulated variable. b. The researchers do not know whether the participants received the manipulated variable. c. Both the researchers and the participants do not know whether the participants received the manipulated variable. d. Both the researchers and the participants do not know of the study's outcomes.