The tendency to look for evidence in support of a belief and to ignore evidence that would disprove a belief is called the ________

What is a child's language partner's purpose in using expansion and prompting when interacting with a toddler?

a. To show the child that speaking well does not require the use of sentences that are grammatically correct b. To increase the child's ability to fastmap words c. To help the child communicate more effectively by expanding on or asking the child to elaborate on something of interest to him/her d. To model a problem solving strategy that the child can use when dealing with complex situations

One theory of color vision is based on the existence of different types of cones for the detection of short, medium, and long wavelengths. What is this theory??

a. ?the tricolor detection scheme b. ?the primary paradigm c. ?the trichromatic theory d. ?the tiered wavelength model