Which of the following involves responses being reinforced in such a way that people begin to feel that they have control over their environment?

Which of the following strategies promotes children's cognitive self-regulation?

A) Encourage children to check progress toward their learning goals through self-monitoring. B) Administer a mental test and show children their scores. C) Assign age-appropriate tasks to children and then compare their performance to their agemates' performance. D) Parents and teachers cannot foster self-regulation; children must attain this independently.

Puberty, which marks the start of adolescence, occurs when

A) the child spends more time with peers than parents. B) the individual reaches his or her teenage years. C) the individual has his or her first sexual experience. D) sex hormones start to trigger the process of sexual maturation.