Gordon wants to become an administrator but after ten years he is still working as a staff member. Gordon is dealing with this frustration by pretending not to care about getting a promotion. His reaction to this frustration would be considered
a. displaced aggression.
b. circumvention.
c. regression.
d. escape.
D
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a. 14 b. 15 c. 16 d. Cannot be determined from the information provided
Lilly is only 18 months of age. She has started to put two or three words together to communicate with her mother. This morning she said "more nana" to indicate that she wanted to eat more of a banana. Lilly is
A. engaging in infant vocalizations. B. at the one-word stage. C. using telegraphic sentences. D. beyond the critical period.
Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan present theories of moral development that differ in that Kohlberg's theory focuses on ___________ while Gilligan's theory focuses on __________
a. punishment; rewards c. justice; relationships b. survival; self-sacrifice d. caring; fairness
A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n) ________
a) coefficient of correlation b) dependent variable c) control condition d) independent variable