A leading researcher and clinician in the treatment of autism
is Ivar Lovaas, who claimed that the use of ABA (applied behavior analysis) with children diagnosed with autism led to increased language and intellectual skills. Others have argued that his intervention was not nearly as effective as he suggested, but rather that some of his participants were simply higher functioning to begin with. This alternate interpretation of Lovaas's results is a demonstration of which of the six principles of scientific thinking?
A) Falsifiability
B) Ruling out rival hypotheses
C) Correlation vs. correlation
D) Extraordinary claims
Answer: B
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Which perspective on personality development is most concerned with how one's learning history influences one's future permanent, adult personality?
A) Behaviorist B) Humanistic C) Psychodynamic D) Social-Cognitive
The lower limit of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development is determined by a child's competence when solving the problem alone
Indicate whether the statement is true or false