The person MOST closely associated with the law of effect is __________

A) Watson.
B) Skinner.
C) Pavlov.
D) Thorndike.

Which theory hypothesizes that the mind works in ways similar to a computer?

A) psychoanalytic
B) sociocultural
C) information processing
D) bioecological

Lou blames his professor for not teaching well enough, and he attributes this as the sole factor responsible for his failing Statistics. Lou is making a(n) _____ attribution.

A) internal
B) external
C) rational
D) fundamental

Manny's cat J. J. rolls on his back and extends his paws, exposing his belly. Having studied the discussion of aggression in your text's chapter on motivation and emotion, Manny recognizes this as a(n) __________ gesture.

A) fearful
B) angry
C) conciliatory
D) loving

Environmental or experiential factors that help define individual differences in development include all of the following EXCEPT

A) genetic inheritance.
B) socioeconomic status.
C) ethnicity.
D) historical events.

Under the psychological essentialist view,you would expect that members of a category should be ______ with respect to their observable properties.

A) relatively different
B) relatively similar
C) always identical
D) infinitely variable

A belief that adult personality is completely determined in early childhood would be most relevant to the issue of

A) stability and change.
B) nature and nurture.
C) cognition and morality.
D) conception and prenatal development.