Theories act as filters for identifying relevant information, observations, and relationships. This means that they
A) determine how far children can develop.
B) influence the kinds of questions that researchers ask about development.
C) help explain biases in thinking and acting.
D) shape the beliefs and values of each culture.
B) influence the kinds of questions that researchers ask about development. Theories highlight important aspects of development and draw attention to specific influences.
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A basic principle that lies at the core of the parallel distributed processing approach is that
a. we cannot remember information unless it has been recently processed. b. the longer something remains in memory, the more likely it is to be forgotten. c. neuron-like units are connected with each other by a system of networks. d. material that we acquired intentionally will be retained better than material acquired by incidental learning.
The etiology of a problem behavior is its
A. cause. B. paradigm. C. treatment. D. classification.