According to one psychological view of autism, the awareness that other people base their behaviors on their own belief, and not on information they have no way of knowing, is NOT present in children with autism spectrum disorder. This ability is called:
A) egocentrism.
B) a theory of mind.
C) social awareness.
D) metacognitive knowledge.
Answer: B) a theory of mind.
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Tara is babysitting a six-month-old girl. Since Tara has taken a psychology course, she knows about infancy. Tara says that the baby will need another couple of months to make all the sounds that are necessary to learn English. Is Tara right?
A. No-children are born with the ability to make all the necessary sounds of their language. B. No-by six months, infants have developed the ability to make all the necessary sounds of their language. C. Yes-around 10 months of age, the infant will be able to make all the necessary sounds of the language. D. It is impossible to say, since all infants are different.
Adolescent girls are more likely than boys to lose friends because of relational aggression
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A type of speech directed toward infants, characterized by short, simple sentences, is called
a. infant-directed speech. c. motherese. b. baby-directed speech. d. child-directed speech.
Why might it be important for a health psychologist to know, when working with
someone in an emergency room setting, what a person's religious affiliation is? a. it would not be important b. it might influence whether or not the psychologist would swear in front of them c. it might influence how often the psychologist checked on them or offered help d. it might influence the types of treatments the person would be willing to accept e. it might influence whether or not health care providers want to help the person