In the Featured Study on Babbling in the Manual Mode

question 36

Multiple Choice

In the Featured Study on Babbling in the Manual Mode, Petitto and Marentette examined the development of language production in deaf infants. When comparing deaf infants to hearing infants, what did the researchers find?

• A)Deaf infants and hearing infants both used hand gestures, but only deaf infants routinely used hand gestures that were related to ASL.
• B)Hearing infants also demonstrated the capacity for learning ASL, and in some cases did more manual babbling than the deaf infants.
• C)Deaf infants made just as much noise as hearing infants.
• D)It was impossible to tell the difference between deaf and hearing infants, because they behaved identically.

Analyze how external stimuli (e.g., media or societal influences) can affect attitudes and behaviors, particularly in children.

Define and differentiate key concepts in social psychology, including altruism, prejudice, and discrimination.

Understand the techniques and purposes of psychoanalytic therapy, including free association and dream interpretation.

Distinguish between different types of therapies (psychotherapy, biomedical therapy, and insight therapy).

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.