A psychologist describes your 3-year-old as being egocentric. Explain why this is not insulting to you or your child
What will be an ideal response?
Preoperational thinkers are quite egocentric. This means that they have difficulty taking on other's perspectives. Children of this age see everything from their perspective only. This is not selfishness, this is a failure to see another's perspective. Yet.
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Jack and Jill are twins. Because he is a boy, Jack's parents encourage him to run. However, they discourage Jill from engaging in athletic activity. As a result, Jack is much faster at running up a hill than Jill. The difference in Jack and Jill's behavior is best explained by a. nonshared environmental influences. b. active gene-environment relations
c. polygenetic effects. d. niche-picking.
The main reason humans consume tobacco is for its __________ content
a. tar b. nicotine c. caffeine d. carbon monoxide
Lidell’s studies of children’s descriptions of pictures suggest that ______.
a. across cultures, interpretive responses increase as a function of years of schooling b. across cultures, interpretive responses decrease as a function of years of schooling c. in South Africa, interpretive responses increase as a function of years of schooling, but in Great Britain the opposite holds true d. in South Africa, interpretive responses decrease as a function of years of schooling, but in Great Britain the opposite holds true
Self-actualizers:
a. are perfect human beings b. are never ruthless c. have a number of weaknesses, as well as many strengths d. are never irritable or vain