Which of the following, if any, are consistent with behaviorist theories of the development of sexual orientation?
a. We learn our orientation over time due to reinforcements and punishments of certain behaviors.
b. We are born with our sexual orientations and they emerge over time.
c. There is a critical period in early childhood during which sexual orientation is learned.
d. None of the above.
A
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A) infants are delayed in reaching and grasping. B) babies have rich opportunities to explore with their hands. C) manual skills develop later than in Western infants. D) the overstimulation causes babies to cry a great deal.
In an effort to recover repressed memories, hypnosis, guided visualizations,
suggestion, age regression, and administering the drug Amytal have been used. These and similar techniques can a. promote memory recovery through long-term potentiation. b. promote memory recovery through redintegration and dishabituation. c. can elicit fantasies that are mistaken for real memories. d. can help the person to separate and clarify real from imagined memories.