Ezekiel, a 6th grader, is having a hard time adjusting to his new school. He says he's working as hard as he can, but his grades are lower than when he was in the 5th grade
He misses Mr Sims, his 5th-grade teacher, and his new teachers don't seem to get to know their students like the teachers at his old school did. It's quite possible that Ezekiel is experiencing a
A) school-home incompatibility.
B) self-fulfilling prophecy.
C) poor stage-environment fit.
D) cultural conflict.
C) poor stage-environment fit. Ezekiel is experiencing a poor stage-environment fit, due to the mismatch between his environment and the cognitive, social, and emotional needs of his particular stage of development.
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Behaviorists are called learning theorists because:
a. one has to learn a lot in order to practice in this field. b. learning is not instinctual. c. anything can be learned and behavior can be shaped by the responses of others. d. learning automatically occurs.
Which of the following criticisms has been leveled at the cognitive approach to personality?
a. It has generated very little empirical research. b. It is an attempt to graft an area of psychology where it does not belong. c. It is too rooted in Freud's psychoanalytic theory. d. All of these answers are correct.