Caleb Tried to Get His Mother's Attention by Whining, but This

question 103

Multiple Choice

Caleb tried to get his mother's attention by whining, but this didn't work. Caleb thought about what behaviors worked in the past when his mother talked to him, so he tugged on her sleeve and said, "Mama." She hugged him. Caleb's solution of this problem is an example of the _________ approach to cognitive development.

• A) behavioral
• B) instrumental
• C) information processing
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Receptive Vocabularies

The words a person can understand and recognize, even if they cannot actively use them in speech or writing.

Productive Vocabularies

The set of words an individual can actively use in speech or writing, as opposed to passive vocabulary recognized in others' communications.

Speech Sounds

The distinct units of sound, such as phonemes, that are used in a language to convey meaning.

Phonemes

Minimal sound units in a language that serve to distinguish words from each other.