Emerging adults tended to be ____ thinkers in the sense that they realized that the problems of real life often involve a great deal of complexity and ambiguity
a. preformal
b. formal
c. postformal
d. prescripted-formal
C. A hallmark of postformal thought is pragmatic thinking, a component of cognition that adolescents lack.
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The Bayley III assesses development across how many domains?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
Any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes is referred to as
a. somatic surgery. b. psychosurgery. c. deep ECT. d. psychic surgery.
A man is on a diet-and-exercise program. Whenever he loses a pound of body fat, he puts $10 aside to be used to buy himself new golf clubs. The man is taking part in what behavior therapists would call
a. a positive reinforcement strategy. b. shaping. c. aversion therapy. d. systematic desensitization.
Sometimes the use of abstract language isn't intentional, rather it stems from the assumption that others see things the same way we do. This is known as the _______
a. conversational bias b. False consensus bias c. fundamental attribute error d. internal attribution