A college student is observed to deal with stressful situations by procrastinating, engaging in wishful thinking, or doing anything to reduce the tension rather than directly deal with the problem. This student is most likely experiencing the identity solution Marcia calls _______.
a. identity achievement
b. identity diffusion
c. foreclosure
d. moratorium
b. identity diffusion
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How did Piaget explain why preschool-age children in the preoperational stage make errors on tasks requiring conservation?
A. Preschool-age children's neural-visual network is not fully matured. B. Preschool-age children have not lived long enough to accrue enough experience spotting the differences between quantities. C. Preschool-age children's tendency toward centration prevents them from focusing on other relevant features of a situation. D. Preschool-age children have not developed numerical understanding; therefore, different amounts are meaningless.
A symptom of right-hemisphere parietal lobe damage is the tendency to ignore the ____
a. right side of the body b. dorsal areas of the body c. left side of the body d. ventral areas of the body
During a basketball game, John made 10 baskets. The number of baskets John made is an example of: a. latency
b. intensity. c. duration. d. frequency.
Evaluating your worth as a person creates either a high or low
a. ideal self. b. temperament. c. character. d. self-esteem.