Which statement accurately reflects the findings of follow-up research on preoperational thought?
A. Piagetian problems contain too many familiar elements.
B. Piaget correctly determined that preschoolers are cognitively deficient.
C. Piaget missed many naturally occurring instances of effective reasoning by preschoolers.
D. Preschoolers almost never say that magic accounts for events they cannot otherwise explain.
Answer: C
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A psychology professor is conducting research on "the normative male.". Which of the following would be the most likely topic for this research?
a. Are people more biased against elderly women than elderly men? b. When people hear a word such as "student" or "citizen," do they think about men more often than women? c. Who is more likely to have psychological problems, women or men? d. Are gender differences larger in mathematical skills or in language skills?
In nonindustrialized countries, the data on elementary education show that
a. girls usually receive more education than boys, but primarily with female teachers. b. boys usually receive more education than girls. c. girls are primarily taught reading in school, and boys are primarily taught math. d. there are no gender differences in the education offered to boys and girls.
According to Jung, memories and ideas that we have inherited from our ancestors are
stored in the a. personal unconscious. b. collective unconscious. c. preconscious. d. superego. e. subconscious.
If you are able to taste one teaspoon of salt in a bucketful of hot buttered popcorn, this amount is above your
a. difference threshold. b. equilibrium. c. vestibular sense. d. olfaction. e. absolute threshold.