Based on Your Textbook's Discussion of Motor Development in Infancy

question 92

Multiple Choice

Based on your textbook's discussion of motor development in infancy and early childhood,which of the following conclusions seems most reasonable?

• A)The development of motor skills in infancy and toddlerhood is entirely determined by "nature."
• B)The development of motor skills in infancy and toddlerhood is mainly determined by biology,but it may be influenced by experience.
• C)Biology sets limits on the development of motor skills in infancy and toddlerhood,but it is mainly shaped by experience.
• D)The development of motor skills in infancy and toddlerhood is almost wholly shaped by "nurture."

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Definitions:

Successive Approximations

A method of shaping behavior by rewarding actions that are progressively closer to the desired behavior.

Shaping

The process of reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a desired behavior in order to teach a new behavior.

Operant Conditioning

is a method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for studying behavioral conditioning in animals, typically through rewards and punishments.