When people fail to solve the "boxcandle" and "twostring" problems presented in the text, they may be demonstrating
a. means-end heuristic.
b. backwards-thinking heuristic.
c. failure to conceptually combine or conceptually expand. d. functional fixedness.
e. low intelligence.
d
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While observing her mother bake cookies, Juanita ignores the process by which eggs, flour, and sugar are combined and baked, but focuses on the end product of a cookie. Juanita's thought best exemplifies
A. conservation. B. class inclusion. C. reversibility. D. static thought.
Which statement best reflects current research on interventions designed to help poverty-stricken children?
A. Difficulties are best addressed one at a time, with those related to parenting addressed first. B. Difficulties are best addressed one at a time, with those related to behavior problems addressed first. C. Poverty-stricken children benefit most from multifaceted efforts that focus on many needs at once. D. Interventions designed to help children and youths surmount the risks of poverty inevitably do more harm than good.
A person with which of the following conditions is considered dead?
a. a coma b. brain death c. a vegetative state d. locked-in syndrome e. all the above
Repression is one of the nine clinical subscales included in the MMPI
Indicate whether the statement is true or false