Your 3-year-old niece is playing hide-and-seek with you. When it is her turn to hide, she

goes into the corner, turns her back on you and closes her eyes, believing that now you
cannot see her.

She is demonstrating __________, typical of children in the __________
stage.
a. object permanence; sensorimotor
b. conservation; preoperational
c. egocentrism; preoperational
d. hypothetical thinking; formal operational
e. abstract thinking; concrete operational


c. egocentrism; preoperational

Psychology

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According to the section on adolescents' body image and physical self-concept,

a. males and females are equally concerned about their own physical attractiveness. b. physical appearance is the strongest predictor of self-worth in adolescent females. c. males are more likely than females to have positive self-concepts if they are positive about their physical appearance. d. images of athletic females in the media are even less common than 10 years ago, so that athletic young women typically prefer to have anorexic-looking bodies.

Psychology

Rods are to ____ as cones are to ____

a. the periphery; the fovea b. red; blue c. vertebrates; invertebrates d. reading text; reading road signs

Psychology

Describe the main properties of neuropeptides (neuromodulators).

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Rasheed is memorizing his math multiplication tables by using flash cards. He does this frequently enough that eventually he does not need the visual stimulation of the cards to remember the information. Which aspect of memory is Rasheed taking advantage of?

A. short-term memory B. sequential memory C. sensory memory D. long-term memory

Psychology