You want your 2-year-old to ask for water with a word instead of a grunt. Should you give him water when he says "wa-wa" or wait until his pronunciation improves?
What will be an ideal response?
You should reinforce "wa-wa," an approximation of water, because complex behaviors need to be shaped.
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According to the general mechanism approach, speech perception can be explained by
a. the same kind of learning mechanisms that humans use in acquiring other cognitive skills. b. an innate ability to acquire language. c. a neural unit in the temporal lobe of the cortex that is "programmed" shortly before birth. d. listeners' skills in coordinating phonemes with the lip position of a speaker.
"Women have sexual appetites equal to men and they do not necessarily need men to satisfy those appetites.". Which researcher would agree most strongly with this statement?
a. Magnus Hirschfeld b. Katherine Bement Davis c. Sigmund Freud d. Clelia Mosher