Newman notices that the passenger seated across from him on the subway has his eyes closed and hasn't moved in a while. But he looks around and sees that no one else, including those passengers who were on the train when he boarded, seems too concerned about this man. He decides that this probably means there isn't an emergency and the man is not in need of help. This line of thinking epitomizes
which concept?
a. stimulus overload
b. pluralistic ignorance
c. audience inhibition
d. diffusion of responsibility
b
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
According to Siegler and Robinson (1982), children cannot tell which is more, seven flowers or six flowers, until they are ___ years old
a. two b. four c. six d. eight
Telegraphic speech is universal among toddlers.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is true about the concrete operational stage of reasoning?
A. A kind of abstract, idealistic thinking, and logical reasoning occurs in this cognitive stage. B. Adolescents can conceive of hypothetical possibilities in this stage. C. This stage denotes the ability of an adolescent to systematically deduce, or come to a conclusion about, the best path for solving a problem. D. One important skill at this stage of reasoning is the ability to classify or divide things into different sets or subsets and to consider their interrelations.