Reasons for declining achievement motivation during adolescence include all of the following EXCEPT
A. stronger emphasis on physical development.
B. poor person-environment fit.
C. increasingly negative feedback from teachers regarding ability.
D. increased importance of peer acceptance.
Answer: A
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. classical conditioning b. positive reinforcement c. punishment d. negative reinforcement
Wundt argued that cognitive processes such as learning and memory could not be studied by experimental methods because ____.?
a. ?they were influenced by language and aspects thereof b. ?he considered them to be lower lever cognitive processes c. ?one cannot control the relevant factors d. ?one cannot objectively observe the behavioral manifestations of these phenomena e. ?they are not the proper subject matter of psychology, regardless of the methodology one uses