What is object permanence?

What will be an ideal response?


Object permanence was a term coined by Piaget. It means that an infant has an understanding that an object (including people) continue to exist even when we are not in sensory contact with them.

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Draw a diagram of the organization of the nervous system, including the divisions and subdivisions. Give a brief description of the function of each of the parts of your diagram

What is the overall significance of having two major divisions of the nervous system? What will be an ideal response?

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While watching Survivor on television, you realize that the participants cannot worry about creating alliances or making worthy contributions until they have first secured a source of food and shelter. This phenomenon is explained best by __________ theory of motivation.

A. Maslow's hierarchy of needs B. the opponent process C. the incentive D. the arousal

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Which of the following structures is most involved in learning, memory, and motivation?

A) Corpus callosum B) Parietal lobe C) Hippocampus D) Temporal lobe

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A statistical measure of the association between two variables is a(n) ______

a. variable matrix c. correlation coefficient b. independent variable d. reciprocal function

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