From birth, infants will grasp objects using their fingers and thumbs.

​Albert Bandura, a noted psychologist who focused on different cognitive factors in life, argues that experience gives people a sense of self-_______________, which refers to their beliefs about their own abilities and talents.

​Which term does NOT belong in this group?

​Classical conditioning focuses on the relation between the consequences of behavior and the likelihood that the behavior will recur.

​Kathleen and Alphonse are expecting their first child, and are having a pleasant conversation about the sex of the baby. Kathleen says, “Well, as long as all of the chromosomes are X, we’ll be having a girl!” How can Alphonse best respond?

Most one-year-old children have already developed a theory of mind.

​The primary pioneer in the study of behaviorism was Erik Erikson.

Through the first 12 months of life, infants have a very general prototype for a face that is fine tuned to be more consistent with familiar faces between 12 and 24 months of age.

​An embryo rests in a sac called the placenta, which is filled with amniotic fluid that cushions the embryo and maintains a constant temperature.

​The reliability of a research measure refers to the extent to which that measure provides consistent evaluations of a given characteristic.