Matthew is eight years old and defecates inappropriately almost daily. He has a history of constipation that has not been helped with laxatives, high-fiber diets, or other suggested remedies. Matthew would be diagnosed with ____
a. enuresis
b. oppositional defiant disorder
c. encopresis
d. lazy bowel syndrome
c
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Typology systems make each of the following assumptions except one. Which one?
A. Each person belongs in one personality category. B. All people within a personality category are basically alike. C. People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other categories. D. Not all people can be classified into a type category, but most of them can.
Who is most likely to obtain the top score on his or her vocabulary test?
A) James, who made flash cards of all his words and is going over and over them. B) Cynthia, who has written down each word and definition five times in her notebook. C) Ryan, who has drawn a picture to illustrate each word. D) Harriet, who says the words and definitions over and over to herself all day long.
A rule of thumb that is used to get an approximation to the answer is called
(a) a heuristic (b) representativeness (c) availability (d) an algorithm (e) a base rate procedure
Which of the following is a critique of Piaget's sensorimotor theory?
a. His tests of object permanence required motor ability. b. It may have overestimated infants' cognitive abilities. c. It describes the cognitive abilities of girls more accurately than boys. d. His theory was based mostly on children from non-Western cultures.