In the context of theories of development, a cognitive theorist is most likely to study:
A) how children confront and resolve developmental crises in their lives.
B) how the id, ego, and superego work together to form a healthy personality.
C) how patterns of reinforcement and punishment promote learning.
D) how children perceive and mentally represent the world.
D
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Martin is lonely. He has found that when he interacts online
a. he interacts with less anxiety than in face-to-face communications. b. he has less social support. c. he has difficulty forming online friendships. d. gets more depressed.
In an experiment studying classical conditioning, a tone sounds and 5 seconds later a mild skin shock is delivered to a participant. The skin shock results in a stress response consisting of a temporary increase in heart rate. This process is repeated once every 5 minutes. After a number of trials, the participant demonstrates an elevated heart rate when the tone sounds and before the shock is
actually delivered. Within the context of this example, what is the US? A) the shock B) the tone C) the stress D) the time interval
The adage "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" can be applied to a person-by-situation interaction perspective to reflect which of the concepts below?
A) Experience has its effect in the context of previous experiences. B) Older people resist new experiences. C) Experience has its effect in the context of previous experiences, but if we have not had a learning experience in the past year, we will be unable to learn new tricks. D) Experience is the best teacher. E) Once we reach a certain age, we cannot learn anything new.
General life satisfaction combined with frequent positive emotions and relatively few negative emotions is called __________
Fill in the blank with correct word