Multiple Choice
In developmental psychology, changes in behavior and cognitive processes over time are primarily studied using which research design?
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1. Introduction to Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Multiple Choice
In developmental psychology and ethology, who is most famously credited with discovering and describing imprinting behavior in animals through studies of goslings?
A
Ivan Pavlov
B
B. F. Skinner
C
Jean Piaget
D
Konrad Lorenz
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Understand the concept of imprinting behavior, which is a rapid form of learning occurring in a specific early life stage, often studied in animals like goslings.
Recall key figures in developmental psychology and ethology who have contributed to the study of animal behavior and learning processes.
Identify Ivan Pavlov as known for classical conditioning, B. F. Skinner for operant conditioning, and Jean Piaget for cognitive development stages in children.
Recognize Konrad Lorenz as the ethologist who famously studied imprinting by observing goslings following him shortly after hatching.
Conclude that Konrad Lorenz is credited with discovering and describing imprinting behavior in animals through his pioneering research.
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