According to Piaget, ________ is reasoning from general to specific that is based on hypothetical premises.
a. formal operational thinking
b. extrinsic motivation
c. hypothetico-deductive reasoning
d. coordination of theory with evidence
Answer: c. hypothetico-deductive reasoning
You might also like to view...
People high in _________ tend to have a more positive outlook on life while people high in _________ tend to be more impulsive
a. neuroticism; psychoticism b. extraversion; neuroticism c. conscientiousness; extraversion d. openness to experience; extraversion
Seventeenth century philosophers and scientists argued that like clocks and the universe, ____ are regular, predictable, observable and measurable.?
a. ?God and/or other deities b. ?nonconscious processes c. ?human beings d. ?cognitive processes e. ?characteristics of self-actualization
Prejudices act as cognitive filters through which people view the social world. People tend to think of people as "familiar" or "foreign," or "good" or "bad." Their feelings and reactions toward others may be biased by these perceptions. This source of prejudice is referred to as _____
A) social learning B) social facilitation C) information processing D) deindividuation
Which of the following is the best example of generalized anxiety disorder?
a. Terri has a history of panic attacks in a variety of settings, and she spends most of her time at home because she is afraid of having an "attack" in public. b. Alan refuses to eat in restaurants because he is afraid of embarrassing himself in a public place. c. For about eight months, Brandi has had several brief episodes of intense anxiety during which she feels as if she is losing her mind, after which she feels relatively calm. d. Greg has been under a vague but persistent "cloud" of worry for nearly a year.