Jeffrey Is a Three-Year-Old Who Is Beginning to Make Connections

question 55

Multiple Choice

Jeffrey is a three-year-old who is beginning to make connections between people's thoughts, intentions, and behaviors. According to Wellman (2002) , Jeffrey is developing

• A)a theory of mind.
• B)a temperament.
• C)motor skills.
• D)retinal disparity.

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Definitions:

Altruism

A selfless act of concern for the well-being of others, often at a personal cost.

Polygyny

Polygyny is a form of polygamy where a man has more than one wife at the same time, practiced in several cultures around the world for various reasons, including social, economic, and religious.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reward or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A training technique in which pairing two signals repeatedly results in a response, which initially is produced by the second signal, being eventually induced by only the first signal.