Research has demonstrated that children learn ____________________ very early in cognitive development, and prefer novel stimuli to pictures of stimuli they are already familiar with.
a. accommodation
b. assimilation
c. categorization
d. conservation
Answer: c. categorization
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According to the longitudinal study by Rose et al. (2012), specific information-processing skills, such as memory, attention, and processing speed, __________.
A. are not distinct from one another in infancy B. are distinct in infancy but not at 11 years of age C. show continuity across an 11-year age span D. show continuity only in the first 24 to 36 months of age
Sima believes that wearing black clothing causes people to behave more aggressively. In her experiment, she randomly assigns people into two groups. In Group A, participants are given black shirts to wear, while participants in Group B are given white shirts to wear. Each participant is then asked to play a violent video game for fifteen minutes and his or her score is computed. In this
experiment, each participant's video game score is the ____ variable.? a. ?dependent b. ?random c. ?independent d. ?confounding
Marta has come to halfway believe the stereotypes applied to her by a group of her classmates and also worries about how she will appear to this group when she attends the class party. Marta is exhibiting
a. ethnocentrism. b. a social dominance orientation. c. a self-stereotype. d. dogmatism.
A practiced juggler relies on __________ memory to keep the balls in the air
a. semantic b. episodic c. procedural d. declarative