The weight at which a child is considered obese is the same for all children of the same age

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


False

Psychology

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In the nineteenth century, Wilhelm Wundt attempted to shape the new discipline of psychology along the lines of physics, because in his era, physics was admired as a "model" science. Wundt's attempt to imitate physics illustrates which of the textbook's unifying themes?

a. Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. b. Psychology is theoretically diverse. c. Our experience of the world is highly subjective. d. Behavior is determined by multiple causes.

Psychology

Which personality characteristic is least likely to be linked with life satisfaction in later life?

a. Attachment b. Extroversion c. Lack of neuroticism d. Optimism

Psychology

Vygotsky's term for a person whose cognition is stimulated and directed by older and more skilled members of society is

an apprenticeship in thinking. guided participation. magical thinking. scaffolding.

Psychology

Rotter's ideas about the person's locus of control:

a. have not received much research attention b. have generated hypotheses that have received strong empirical verification c. have generated hypotheses that have received little empirical verification d. have had little heuristic value

Psychology