Jake is playing hide-and-seek with his mother. Jake runs
over to the couch and hides his head under a pillow. Because Jake cannot see anything, he doesn't think his mother can see him. Jake is exhibiting a behavioral characteristic of which of Piaget's cognitive stages of development?
a. postformal stage
b. concrete operational stage
c. formal operational stage
d. preoperational stage
ANSWER: d
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According to Freud, the psychic structure called ego:
a. curbs the appetites of the id and keeps within social conventions. b. is driven by the quest for pleasure. c. is our moral base that forces us to follow rules. d. is biologically based and present at birth.
. According to Antonovsky, a sense of coherence comprises meaningfulness, manageability, and ______.
A. comprehensibility B. training C. mature defense mechanisms D. generativity
Paul is a black college student who wants to join a fraternity. The fraternity is made up of all white men
When Paul's application is denied, he asks why, and the head of the fraternity implies, but doesn't say, that it is because Paul is black. Which of the following best describes what has happened to Paul? a) Paul has been discriminated against. b) Paul has been stereotyped. c) Paul has felt prejudice against the fraternity. d) Paul has contributed to "white losses."