When experimenters ask children to judge whether two complex pictures are the same, preschool children tend to use a haphazard comparison strategy, not examining all of the details before making a judgment. The children exhibit a lack of

A. attention to the salient.
B. centration.
C. conservation.
D. planfulness.


Answer: D

Psychology

You might also like to view...

The fact that the American population has been aging in recent years has been offered as an explanation for the

a. decrease in violent crimes. b. increase in gun-related violence. c. greater availability of violent pornography. d. current overcrowded conditions in prisons.

Psychology

If you are in a situation in which the stressor appears to be uncontrollable, you will most likely show which two reactions?

a. apathy and double-approach conflict. b. learned helplessness and depression. c. assimilation and marginalization. d. psychosomatic disorders and hypochondria.

Psychology

One major difference between striated and smooth muscles is that a. smooth muscles move the voluntary system and striated muscles move automatic systems

b. striated muscles are responsible for fast twitch and smooth muscles are responsible for slow twitch. c. striated muscles move mostly voluntary systems while smooth muscles move involuntary, automatic systems. d. smooth muscles are made up of myofibrils and striated muscle is made up of only sarcomeres.

Psychology

All of the following are mentioned in your text as appropriate treatment strategies for narcissistic personality disorder EXCEPT

A. cognitive therapy to replace grandiose fantasies with more realistic goals. B. coping strategies to help accept criticism. C. exploration of early life trauma that led to the disorder. D. being helped to focus on the feelings of others.

Psychology