A 1-year-old likes to pull his cat's tail because the cat meows and moves away. One day he pulls another cat's tail and gets scratched. From that day on, he is cautious around cats. What cognitive process has probably occurred?
decentering
modeling
assimilation
accommodation
accommodation
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Which of the following best describes the British empiricists’ view of the mind?
a. Infants acquire language primarily by drawing from innate mechanisms. b. Infants learn to process language entirely based on their sensory experiences. c. Infants with similar genetic backgrounds will acquire language at similar rates. d. Infants are born with varying degrees of aptitude for acquiring language.
A psychologist who adopts the "nature" view believes that we are born with specific behavioral tendencies that are unlearned and innate
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
What is the idea behind a projective test?
A) people's answers can be compared to psychiatrist's records of people with mental illnesses B) personalitycan be shown in the answers to multiple choice items written bypsychiatrists C) personalitywill be projected bythe psychometrist to the test taker D) a person's personalitywill unconsciouslyshow through responses to ambiguous stimuli
The sentence "The man gave a cloud to his friend" has questionable ______.
A. syntax B. morphemes C. semantics D. orthography