Unit 7B Psych – Flashcards

B. F. Skinner emphasized the importance of ________ in language acquisition.

By encouraging people to imagine their homes being destroyed by a fire, insurance salespeople are especially successful at selling large homeowners' policies. They are most clearly exploiting the influence of

Infants are first able to discriminate speech sounds during the ________ stage.

It is very difficult to get someone to change his or her unrealistically negative self-image. This best illustrates the importance of

Jerome believes that his 4-year-old grandson is a hyperactive child because the boy's constant movement resembles Jerome's prototype of hyperactivity. Jerome's thinking best illustrates

Perceived differences between various shades of color are greater if people assign a different name to each hue. This best illustrates the influence of

The beginning of babies' receptive language development is best illustrated by their capacity to

Which of the following best illustrates overgeneralization in a young child's speech pattern? Select one: A. "Want juice." B. "Fish, Fish! Look at the fish!" C. "Da-da, na-na, ta-ta." D. "Doggy big." E. "Momma holded the baby."