Two boys, ages three and four, are playing with cars, and both boys want the bigger red car. As one boy reaches for the red car, the other strikes him, knocking it out of his hand and taking the red car for himself
This is an example of __________ aggression.
a) relational
b) emotional
c) regulated
d) instrumental
Answer: d
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a. Representativeness heuristic b. Law of effect c. Proactive interference d. Encoding specificity
Jody is 8 years old. She has trouble organizing her work and often loses the things she needs in order to complete projects, such as the directions, pencils, and books. Which dimension of ADHD does this represent?
a. Lack of attention b. Hyperactivity c. Impulsivity d. Belligerence
By comparing reaction times across different tasks, Donders was able to conclude how long the mind needs to perform a certain cognitive task. Donders interpreted the difference in reaction time between the simple and choice conditions of his experiment as indicating how long it took to
A. perceive the stimulus. B. process the stimulus. C. attend to the stimulus. D. make a decision about the stimulus.
A general conclusion that one might draw from the relationship between San bushmen's experiences and their perception of the Müller-Lyer illusion is that
a. past experience and perceptual habits play a role in determining human perception. b. some principles of perception are universal. c. people cannot trust their own senses because they can never provide completely reliable knowledge. d. perception has a more powerful effect on experience than experience on perception.