Post on 15-Oct-2020
History and Approaches
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1. The behavior of most lower
animals-insects, reptiles,
birds, and rodents-is
instinctive and unaffected by
learning.
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2. For the first week of life, a
baby sees nothing but shades
of gray-blue regardless of
what they look at.
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3. A child learns to talk more
quickly if the adults around
the child habitually repeat the
word they are trying to say,
using proper pronunciation.
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4. The best way to get a
chronically noisy child to
settle down and pay attention
is to punish them.
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5. Slow learners remember
more of what they learn
compared to fast learners.
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6. In small amounts, alcohol is
a stimulant.
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7. Psychiatry is a subdivision of
psychology.
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8. Most developmentally
disabled people also have
psychological disorders.
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9. The largest drug problem in
the U.S. in terms of the number
of people affected, is
marijuana.
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10. Nearly all of the
psychological characteristics
of men and women appear to
be inborn, in all cultures, for
example, women are more
emotional and sexually less
aggressive than men.
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