The article, Please Pass the Vegetables about egocentricity in small children, centered around a study by Repacholi & Gopnik about food choice. Repacholi & Gopnik operationally defined egocentricity as:
(a) the child giving the adult a food which the child preferred
(b) the child giving the food which the adult preferred
(c) the child sharing both types of food with the adult
(d) the adult encouraging the child to eat foods
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b. If there was a loud band playing that made the floor shake, Sheila and Peter would be more likely to behaveaggressively toward Parker. c. If Sheila and Peter were dressed in costumes in which they could not be recognized, Peter would likelybehave more aggressively toward Parker than would Sheila. d. If Sheila and Peter believed that at the end of the party all the guests would have to reveal their true identities,they would be less likely to behave aggressively toward Parker.
Which of the following is NOT a major claim of Darwin's theory of evolution?
a. There is genetic variation in a species. b. Some genes aid in adaptation to the environment more than other genes do. c. New species emerge on their own and are not related to earlier species. d. Genes that aid in adaptation to the environment are more likely to be passed on to future generations.
A Pearson correlation of r = -0.25 indicates that a graph of the data would show points ____
a. clustered close to a line that slopes up to the right b. clustered close to a line that slopes down to the right c. widely scattered around a line that slopes up to the right d. widely scattered around a line that slopes down to the right
In one study, researchers showed infants moving circles, moving circles with scrambled facial features, and moving circles with regular facial features. The researchers measured eye gazes at the objects and found that infants tracked the:
A) empty circles for the longest time. B) scrambled faces for the longest time. C) regular faces for the longest time. D) scrambled and regular faces for an equivalent amount of time.