According to the criteria outlined by Davison et al. in their definition of abnormality, which of the following is not part of the definition?
a) Whether the behaviour violates social norms
b) Whether the behaviour causes personal distress
c) Whether the behaviour reflects a past history of abnormal behaviour
d) None of the above
c
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There is less contact between siblings in middle adulthood compared with young adulthood
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
When asked whether the word "man" or "fingernail" occurs more often in a typical newspaper, the average person could make an educated guess that the answer is "man" because ___
a. frequency information is processed automatically b. frequency information is explicitly memorized c. frequency information is encoded faster than other types of information d. frequency information is stored in working memory
By middle childhood, children
A) have internalized rules for good conduct. B) reject conventional standards for moral behavior. C) pick up morally relevant behaviors, but do not understand the reasons behind them. D) begin to recognize that the context of behavior is more important than the intent.
Which of the following is a central analogy of cognitive psychology?
e. the flowchart f. the building blocks underlying the structure of the brain g. the whole is greater than the sum of the parts: the importance of context. h. the digital computer