A. childhood
B. adolescence
C. early adulthood
D. late adulthood
Related Mcqs:
- Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?
A. innate capability index
B. innate surface structure ability
C. prosody index
D. language acquisition device - While considerable research suggests that human’s exhibit relatively poor reasoning ability what reasons have been given to be critical of this research?
A. Rationality is not absolute
B. Experiments lack ecological validity
C. Satisficing responses are rational responses
D. People have limited time and data available
E. All of the above - In language, grammar refers to _________________?
A. the morphemes used
B. the phonemes used
C. both morphemes and phonemes
D. the rules used to connect phrases - Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 4
D. 3 & 4 - According to Chomsky, humans have a________to develop language.
A. perceptual set
B. telegraphic readiness
C. learning set
D. biological predisposition - Research on avoidance learning suggests that a fear response is acquired through_________conditioning: the avoidance response is maintained as a result of______conditioning.
A. classical; operant
B. operant; classical
C. classical; classical
D. operant; operant - Current research suggests the cause of Alzheimer’s disease is:
A. brain pathology
B. a traumatic childhood
C. inconsistent and ineffective parenting
D. persistent delusional thoughts - Research suggests that we seek out the company of others because of which motives?
A. To obtain information
B. To reduce anxiety
C. To compare ourselves with similar others
D. All of the above
E. None of the above - Research suggests that males exhibit____________than females and that females have a________than males.
A. less cerebral specialization, smaller corpus callosum
B. less cerebral specialization; larger corpus callosum
C. more cerebral specialization; smaller corpus callosum
D. more cerebral specialization; larger corpus callosum - Cross-cultural research in judgments of body size suggests that Americans tend to rate the ideal body______than they do in other countries.
A. Father
B. Skinner
C. Taller
D. Shorter
