Accomodation

What will be an ideal response?


adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information; new thing encountered does not fit into existing schema (cognitive disequilibrium). Either modify schema or create a new one to fit new information

Psychology

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Which early scientist described how species change in an orderly manner?

a. Charles Darwin b. Francis Galton c. James Watson d. Gregor Mendel

Psychology

China's "normalization principle" refers to a belief that offenders respond best to the message that they are still members of the community.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology

Single-celled organisms have demonstrated temporary "memory" in that they:

a. Avoid stimuli that have recently been associated with electric shock b. Approach stimuli that have been previously associated with warmth c. Will traverse a maze faster with each trial that ends with obtaining food d. Single-celled organisms have not shown any signs of memory.

Psychology

An interval midpoint is the middle ______ of an interval.

a. value b. frequency c. variable d. significance

Psychology