Regarding infants' learning abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Research evidence shows that learning begins prenatally. b. Infants can learn simple responses at young ages.
c. Infants can remember learned responses for days or weeks.
d. Infants as young as six months old can retain memories for faces.
e. Infants are active perceivers and passive learners in their environment.
e
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A) any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period B) a limited time span during which a part of the body is biologically prepared to develop rapidly C) a rapid period of prenatal neurological development D) a synthetic hormone used to prevent miscarriage
On a fixed-ratio schedule, reinforcement is given for the ______
a. first correct response after varying amounts of time have passed b. next correct response after a fixed number of responses have occurred c. first correct response after a fixed amount of time has passed d. next correct response after a varying number of responses have occurred
Neurochemical properties of nicotine are similar to those of cocaine, amphetamines, and morphine
a. True b. False
Sandi believes that people who eat at
McDonald's are overweight, so she decides to do a naturalistic observation of people who eat at McDonald's. What should most concern us about Sandi's observations? a) the observer effect b) the bystander effect c) observer bias d) subject bias