Assimilation refers to the incorporation of new information into already existing schemes, whereas accommodation refers to changing one's schemes so as to incorporate new information
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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The study of how different nations use different processes to enforce laws is called
a. comparative law. b. cross-cultural psychology. c. international criminal justice. d. cultural defense.
Describe the effects of three types of brain damage–achromatopsia, visual agnosia, and
prosopagnosia–on visual perception. Be sure to identify the brain regions that are associated with each effect. What will be an ideal response?
Describe three important changes in make-believe play that reflect a preschool child's growing symbolic mastery
What will be an ideal response?
Before Stanley Milgram conducted the obedience study, he surveyed several psychiatrists, students, and middle-class adults as to how many people they predicted would go all the way to the highest voltage under the instructions of the authority
Milgram's survey found that: a. psychiatrists accurately predicted that about 45 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock. b. students and middle-class adults accurately predicted that about 25 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock. c. psychiatrists predicted that only one person in a thousand would administer the highest voltage and the nonprofessionals agreed with this statement. d. psychiatrists, students, and middle-class adults accurately predicted that about 15 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock.