Using today's standards, how would Wendy be accurately classified as a "gifted" child?
a. She only needs an IQ score of at least 160.
b. She only needs to perform in the top 50% of her group on a given task.
c. She needs a high IQ score and some special abilities.
d. She needs a high IQ score or some special abilities.
c
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Which of the following statements about B. F. Skinner’s beliefs is true?
a. Skinner advocated greater use of punishment and negative reinforcement to control behavior.
b. Skinner believed that human behavior is determined by environmental consequences, not by individual choice or free will.
c. Skinner strongly advocated the study of cognitive processes to understand behavior.
d. Skinner believed that classical conditioning was not a valid explanation of behavior.
Which of the following sentences best describes the relationship between culture and perception?
A) our perceptual rules are inborn and not affected by culture. B) perceptual rules are culturally based, so rules that apply to one culture rarely apply to another. C) most perceptual rules apply in all cultures, but some perceptual rules are learned and vary between cultures. D) slight variations in sensory apparatuses among cultures create slight differences in perception E) the processes involved in perception are genetically based, some genetic differences among cultures affect perception.
In experiment brief 10, how could the researcher design his study differently in order
to avoid certain problematic aspects, which are apparent within the original experimental design? A) could have used all psychotic patients, assessing who had psychotic parents and who did not B) could have surveyed a sample of normal and a sample of psychotic parents, to compare prevalence of psychosis for the children of each group C) could have studied a sample of inpatients in a psychiatric facility, in order to assess psychosis in a controlled setting D) could have surveyed a sample of hospitalized mentally ill patients who were recently released to assess prevalence of childhood psychosis
Cephalocaudal development proceeds from
A. head toward tail. B. body to limbs. C. brain to behavior. D. legs to arms.