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
Question 2Danilo is from the Tarong community in the Philippines. His mother's parenting style is likely to be characterized as sociable..
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3Professor Wrightway would like to learn about the perceptual capacities of four-month-old infants but is uncertain about which procedure is most useful. You would recommend that he not choose a procedure that involves
a. habituation. c. preferential looking.
b. deferred imitation. d. operant conditioning.
Question 4Amondi is from a rural village in Kenya. Her mother is likely to place a high premium on obedience.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5________ procedures have figured prominently in research on auditory perception and infants' abilities to process sensory cues.
a. Classical conditioning c. Deferred imitation
b. Operant conditioning d. Habituation
Question 6A group at special risk for abuse is adopted children.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7Mervyn pulled out a red block from his pocket and showed it to his four-month-old daughter, Jennifer, a number of times. Jennifer looked at it less and less each time. Then Mervyn pulled out a blue block. If Jennifer showed recovery from habituation, we would expect that she
a. looked about the same length of time at the blue block as she looked at the red block the last time it was shown to her.
b. looked longer at the blue block than at the red block the last time it was shown to her.
c. smiled at the blue block more than at the red block because she recognized it as something new.
d. smiled at the blue block less than at the red block because she recognized it as something new.
Question 8The common factor underlying children's antisocial or pathologically aggressive behaviors is attention deficit disorder.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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