Who is best known for studying the phenomenon of insight in animals?

a) Wolfgang Köhler
b) Edward C. Tolman
c) Martin Seligman
d) B.F. Skinner


ANS: A

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Describe Mary Ainsworth's three styles of attachment as characterized by the strange-situation method.

What will be an ideal response?

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Jerry has problems with concentration and is a poor test taker. With which part of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale will he have the most difficulty?

A. similarities B. information C. performance scale D. verbal scale

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Which of the following is a major function of the primary somatosensory area of the cerebral cortex?

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