Twelve-year-old Nihls was having difficulty solving the story problems in his math homework. However, when his dad helped Nihls by reading the problems to him and stressing the important information, Nihls was able to solve all the problems correctly. This parent-child interaction illustrates:
a. Piaget's concepts of assimilation and accommodation
b. Erikson's concept of industry versus inferiority
c. Piaget's concept of concrete operational thought
d. Vygotsky's concept of a zone of proximal development
D
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Which of the following is TRUE?
a. Only those with a Ph.D. can be the first author on a paper in the flagship journal, Health Psychology. b. In addition to empirical articles, the flagship journal, Health Psychology, also includes evidence-based treatment review articles. c. Basic research, not applied research, is published in the flagship journal, Health Psychology. d. The journal, Health Psychology, has been criticized for inviting only physicians, rather than practicing clinical psychologists, to write commentaries on published review articles.
One of the most common correlation coefficients is called:
a. range. b. t score. c. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. d. standard correlation.
A correlation coefficient of 0 indicates what about the relation between two variables?
a. The two variables are directly related. b. The two variables are inversely related. c. The two variables are completely unrelated. d. This coefficient indicates which variable was the "cause" and which the "effect."
Which of the following is NOT one of the methods that people should use to keep a positive outlook?
A) alternative thinking B) relaxation C) downward social comparison D) scapegoating