Multiple Questions Answers
1. What separates the thinking of adolescents from that of younger children? (Points : 1)
Adolescents can think about various possibilities.
Adolescents gain the ability to think about their senses and movement.
Adolescents begin to understand how language is used for personal benefit.
Adolescents understand the concept of conservation.
2. “The blind man and the elephant is a metaphor that shows how (Points : 1)
psychological theories don’t make sense.
many different psychological theories contribute value.
the mind is a tabular Rasa.
knowledge must be discovered through scientific research.
3. Your instructor asks you to compare positive and negative reinforcement and explain your conclusions in class. What will you report? (Points : 1)
Positive reinforcement increases the frequency of responses and negative reinforcement decreases the frequency of responses.
Neither positive nor negative reinforcement increases behavior without counter conditioning.
Positive and negative reinforcement decrease responses in the presence of an aversive stimulus.
Both positive and negative reinforcement increase the frequency of responses.
4. Tiffany feels a sense of fulfillment when she volunteers at the school down the street. She has no specific goals other than to improve her neighborhood school and enrich the lives of the children who attend it. What would Erik son say about Tiffany’s development? (Points : 1)
Tiffany is developing wisdom by discovering what she has held back for so many years.
Tiffany is experiencing generativity by providing for those who will grow up behind her.
Tiffany will probably dwell on what “might have been” had she begun to volunteer earlier.
Tiffany will develop a profound sense of love by forming appropriate, fun relationships with the children.
