A child and her father are walking. The child knows there are such things as birds. Upon seeing a butterfly, she says, "See the birdie," and her father replies, "No, that's a butterfly; see how small it is." The child learns about butterflies. This example demonstrates
a. assimilation.
b. accommodation.
c. conservation.
d. object permanence.
b
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a. repeated rehearsal of distinctive names b. source misattributions c. encoding specificity d. schemas
The visual system needed to properly "track" an object is the
A. ocular-motor system B. peripheral vision system C. crossed lateral system D. unilateral system
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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The technique for conditioning behavior called "reinforcement" usually results in a halting of the desired behavior
: Indicate whether this statement is true or false.