The scientific approach that is concerned with understanding immediate conscious experience through understanding all its constituent parts is:
a. functionalism
b. behaviorism
c. structuralism
d. nativism
C
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A. to identify children who were mentally retarded and needed special help and education B. to identify children who were gifted C. to identify children who were predisposed to become scientists and engineers D. to start tracking students with average intelligence over their lifetime
Consistent with Vygotsky's idea that cognition develops first in the social realm external to the child, before becoming interiorized, recent research indicates that children's use of which of the following as a strategy helps them solve math problems?
a. counting on fingers c. memorizing related facts b. using gestures d. using manipulatives
Most scientists agree that some loss of gray matter is inevitable if a person lives long enough
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which type of psychotherapy is the best?
a. Research suggests that behavioral approaches are consistently the most effective at reducing symptoms, enhancing life satisfaction, and removing pathological actions. b. The best type of therapy depends on the unique differences of each client, each therapist, and each disorder. c. While psychotherapy is good, research consistently shows that pharmacotherapy – the use of medications – is the very best way to reduce pathological symptoms. d. Due to its warm and optimistic style, clients consistently report the best therapy outcomes when a therapist uses the humanistic, client-centered therapeutic approach.