There is a common visual illusion in which the outline of a vase appears to take the form of two faces. This is an example of which Gestalt principle?
A. Proximity
B. Figure-ground
C. Closure
D. Similarity
Answer: B
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Children typically have a firm gender identity and have begun to act in accordance with well-established gender roles:
a. by the time they are in elementary school (ages 6 or 7) b. while they are still toddlers (age 1 or 2) c. during the early preschool years (ages 3 or 4) d. only once they reach adolescence (during the teen years)
The process by which existing schemes are modified and new schemes are created to incorporate new objects, events, experiences, or information is defined by Piaget as _____
a) a scheme. b) assimilation. c) naïve idealism. d) accommodation.
Ben has decided to stop smoking, but each time he tries to quit he experiences withdrawal symptoms, which lead him right back to smoking. How might psychologists explain this phenomenon?
a) discrimination b) classical conditioning c) positive reinforcement d) negative reinforcement
Intelligence test results should not be the only things used to determine intellectual developmental disorder, because intelligence test scores:
A) are not positively correlated with school performance. B) lack reliability. C) don't indicate level of adaptive behavior. D) lack validity.