Chapter 10
Refer to the research study described on page 281 - 283 of your textbook to answer the following question.
What aspects of concepts are examined in this study?
What will be an ideal response?
The study examines children’s acquisition and use of novel concepts. The central question examined whether category membership or physical similarity was more important when making categorical inductions (inferring properties of one thing to another thing).
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Hill-climbing is inappropriate in solving a problem requiring ______
a. the creation of subgoals b. eliminating incorrect alternatives c. the use of heuristics d. digressing in order to make ultimate progress
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, people's responses to moral dilemma scenarios reveal the stage of ___________ development they have attained—as well as yielding information about their general level of ___________ development
a. moral; cognitive c. formal operational; cognitive b. moral; emotional d. formal operational; emotional
Both the divorce-stress-adjustment perspective and the selection model attempt to
A) describe how children contribute to divorce. B) explain why parents get divorced. C) understand the effects of divorce. D) predict which families are most likely to experience divorce.
People who are willing to take part in surveys usually have opinions and views that are different from those who decline to take part. This phenomenon is called:
a. volunteer bias. b. experimenter's bias. c. confirmation bias. d. systematic bias.