What infant-perception research technique involves giving an infant a choice of what object to look at and then looking for a reliable preference for one stimulus over the other?
A. aphasia
B. habituation
C. object permanence
D. preferential looking
Answer: D
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A) amygdala B) brain stem C) hypothalamus D) prefrontal cortex
You live in an apartment and your neighbor's stereo is blasting so loudly that your ears hurt. If you pound on the wall and the volume increases even louder, you will be less likely to pound on the wall the next time the music is loud because you have
a. undergone a response chain. b. been negatively reinforced. c. received negative punishment. d. received positive punishment.
The rapid growth of the cerebral hemispheres and the increased speed of neural functions due to myelinization occur during the
a. first trimester. c. third trimester. b. second trimester. d. embryonic period.
Speech errors are a lapse in ______.
a. linguistic relativity b. linguistic competence c. linguistic performance d. linguistic recognition