According to B.F. Skinner, cooing and babbling are inborn behaviors; only those sounds that are consistent with a child's parents' native language remain because of ____.

A. extinction and shaping
B. extinction and building
C. devaluing and shaping
D. devaluing and building

Answer: A

Psychology

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Mandler has developed the __________ task. This is a paradigm in which the researcher codes

the types of objects or toys the infant touches; if they are in the same category (e.g. , all toy cars), it is assumed the child has good categorization skills. Fill in the blanks with correct word

Psychology

William James is noted for founding the ________ school of psychology

a. Gestalt b. structuralist c. reductionist d. functionalist

Psychology