You have a friend who has a 12-month-old son and you have an 18-month-old son. You have been getting together each week for a couple of months for them to socialize and so that you can talk
Your friend is concerned that his son is not very advanced because your son systematically and deliberately separates his various toys into categories while he plays and his son is oblivious to any categories. What would you tell your friend?
a. that his son should probably start going to a high-quality day care
b. that his son will most likely also categorize when he is 18 months old
c. that your son is very advanced since children generally do not categorize until
they are at least 24 months old
d. that infants are very different in their development
Answer: B
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a) Avoidance activity b) Escape activity c) Positive reinforcement d) Intrinsic reinforcement
Automaticity involves:
a. slow, effortful processing that requires focused attention b. fast, effortless processing that does not require focused attention c. subconscious processing of information that is not important d. focusing conscious attention on new and demanding tasks