Professor Smart is interested in studying the auditory capacities of three-month-old infants. After reviewing the research literature, she is most likely to choose ________ as an appropriate means of investigating this sensory modality

a. operant conditioning c. classical conditioning
b. discrimination learning d. deferred imitation


A

Psychology

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a. absence of language b. need of sameness c. outside of oneself d. within oneself

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Derrick purchased a new car, a Ford Mustang, less than a month ago. While sitting in traffic, Derrick says to his girlfriend, "Mustangs must be the best-selling car now. I can't remember seeing as many on the road as I have recently." Derrick's judgment is most likely biased by a(n)

a. representativeness heuristic. b. availability heuristic. c. illusory correlation. d. permission schema.

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A person with brain damage who mispronounces the word

"cross" by saying "croth" and "tsar" for "car" would most likely have damage to a. the amygdala. b. Broca's area. c. Wernicke's area. d. the corpus callosum.

Psychology

Lawrence just found out that his best friend was killed in a car accident. Lawrence's emotional state would best be described as one of shock, and he feels like his emotions will burst out of him at any moment. Parkes/Bowlby would most likely describe his grief state in terms of

A. reorganization B. numbness C. yearning D. disorganization/despair

Psychology