Some children gravitate toward aggressive television and video gaming, and these experiences in turn make the child more aggressive in social situations. This illustrates which developmental theme of the text?
a. Active child
b. Environmental influences
c. Quantitative-qualitative change
d. Holistic development
A
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Suppose that you are working on a group project with four other people, and that you need to come up with ideas about how to find research participants to complete a survey for free. Should you brainstorm ideas as a group or work independently?
a. Brainstorm—productivity will be about the same, but morale will be higher. b. Brainstorm—both productivity and morale will be higher. c. This depends on your goals—brainstorming will be less productive, but will raise morale more. d. Work independently—morale will be about the same, and productivity will be higher.
Which of the following is (are) true concerning an extinction burst?
a. the behavior increases in frequency, duration, and intensity b. novel and emotional behaviors may occur c. it is a permanent change in behavior d. A and B
At birth, the neonate's color vision is
a. entirely absent; vision is in various shades of gray. b. developed, with strong saturations like a cartoon. c. partially in color, but some colors are confused. d. fully developed as with adults.
Severe cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) might respond positively to a. deep brain stimulation of the basal ganglia. b. lesions of the globus pallidus (pallidotomy)
c. repeated transcranial magnet stimulation (rTMS). d. electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT).