Dylan tells Ray that he wants to get a new dirt bike. Ray immediately understands why, because he is familiar with the common characteristics of dirt bikes and knows what makes them different from other motorcycles such as street bikes. Ray is using mental categories called ________.

Identify which of the four parenting approaches research has identified as being the most effective and explain why. Be certain to include the specific aspects of the parenting style that makes it so favorable. 

Which need that is noted in the Self-Determination Theory of Ryan and Deci (2000) is most analogous to McClelland’s nAff?

Noah, a toddler, is holding a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to “show” it to his grandmother. This example illustrates ________.

The frequent finding that asthmatics often experience shortness of breath concurrently with tremendous anxiety is an example of how emotions and physiological symptoms often occur simultaneously. As such, it supports which of the following theories of emotion?

Professor Bailey is interested in studying the development of motor skills. She collects data from 200, one-year-olds and follows and assesses them for a period of five years. What type of research design is Professor Bailey using?

Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened, is the sequence of events postulated by ________ theory.

Identify and explain one of the techniques used when someone tries to solve a problem. Then explain how a person might be blocked in trying to find a solution?

What is the major premise behind the linguistic relativity hypothesis? Present one example of how this might be true.

If the diameter of the field of view is 3 mm and the size of the specimen lined up along the diameter is 1 mm, then how many items will fit on the diameter line?