Marty is severely retarded, yet he is able to compute numbers faster than most people can using a hand-held calculator. His ability is classified as ______
a. giftedness c. fluid intelligence
b. savant performance d. selective intellect
B
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Skinner's research was unique among that of the major neobehaviorists in his ____.?
a. ?use of the single-subject design b. ?relative lack of a theoretical framework c. ?concern with describing rather than explaining behavior d. ?rejection of variables inside the organism e. ?All of the choices are correct.
How does the brain control human behavior?
a. Specific brain regions control specific behaviors. b. Simple behaviors are controlled by specific brain regions; complex behaviors are controlled by the interaction of multiple brain regions. c. It has intricate and overlapping patterns of activity that involve networks made up of many different connected structures. d. Conscious behaviors are controlled by specific brain regions; subconscious behaviors are controlled by the interaction of multiple brain regions.
When John B. Watson made the statement that if he had a dozen infants he could take any one of them at random and train him to be a doctor, merchant, thief, etc., he was referring to the powerful effect of
a. nature. b. temperament. c. the human growth sequence. d. the environment.
Behavioral and cognitive tendencies that are learned and expressed by evaluating particular people, places, or things with favor or disfavor are known as
a. elaborations. c. eustress. b. attitudes. d. values.