Piaget's classic "pendulum problem" was used to assess adolescents'
A) egocentrism.
B) deductive reasoning skills.
C) level of concrete operations.
D) intuitive thinking ability.
B) deductive reasoning skills. Hypothetico-deductive reasoning is the use of deductive reasoning (reasoning from general principles to particular conclusions) to systematically manipulate several variables, test hypotheses about their effects in a systematic way, and reach correct conclusions.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Glada is 7 months old and has begun to engage in the concepts of object permanence. Her mother feels she should have totally grasped the concept of object permanence and is concerned her daughter may have developmental delays. What should a developmental specialist correctly tell Glada's mother regarding this concept?
A. It takes several months for the concept to be fully comprehended, and Glada will make certain kinds of errors along the way B. In a child's mind, unanticipated events are treated as interesting, and also as something to be explained and understood C. Glada has jumped ahead of this developmental marker D. Imitation is a huge factor related to this concept, so Glada's mother needs to enact more vivid examples of object permanence
If we ran a repeated-measures analysis of variance to track changes in patients' distorted thoughts over 6 weeks of therapy, we would most likely want to report the effect size in terms of
a. eta-squared. b. omega-squared. c. computed on the difference between adjacent trials. d. computed on the difference between the initial trial and the last trial.
Which psychologist is conducting research in the RDoC domain of negative valence systems?
A) Dr. Rowland, who studies approach motivation B) Dr. Richter, who studies infant attachment C) Dr. Ruiz, who studies circadian rhythms D) Dr. Amato, who studies anxiety