Little Erika picked up a spider, carried it to her mother, and asked, "Mommy, what is this little, soft, cuddly thing?" Little Erika's inability to recognize what the spider was or the potential danger of picking it up demonstrates that perception is
A. knowledge based.
B. inferential.
C. categorical.
D. adaptive.
Answer: A
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__________ refer(s) to environmental influences that are not present in the child's immediate environment, but can have an effect through the immediate environment.
A. Proximal influences B. Epigenesis C. Distal influences D. Adoption design
Which of the following statements would a person with an external locus of control believe?
a. People who can't get others to like them don't understand how to get along with others. b. We can have an effect on our external world. c. I don't vote in elections because my vote won't change things. d. It is of the utmost importance to establish one's power in interpersonal relationships.
Meta-analytic research into the impact of mirror functioning on autism spectrum disorder has found that it is
a. absent in all children with autism spectrum disorder, regardless of level of functioning b. reduced in low-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder, but relatively normal in high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder. c. reduced in all children with autism spectrum disorder, regardless of level of functioning. d. unclear whether mirror neuron functioning is involved in autism spectrum disorder at all.
When a criminal robs a store to obtain money, this is an act of ____
a. ?hostile aggression b. ?instrumental aggression c. ?pseudo-aggression d. ?frustration aggression