In studies of cross cultural application of formal operations, it has been shown that:
a. formal operations are strictly a Westernized concept.
b. students who attend school through adolescence are the only ones who will understand formal operations.
c. if a child is going to understand formal operations, they must be shown how to apply them.
d. children who are given tasks that require them to think through their answers and apply changes they deem fit, are using formal operations.
D
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The treatment goal for most therapists who treat dissociative identity disorder is __________.
A. acceptance of the alter personalities B. reduction of the impact of distress and impairment C. integration of the alter personalities D. self-understanding of the causes for the alter personalities
Adults in White, middle-class, Western societies tend to use which of the following techniques when speaking to toddlers in order to facilitate the children's language acquisition? a. They emphasize the future and the past so that the child becomes aware of time in his/her speech. b. They use long, complex sentences to extend the child's language abilities. c. They use simplified, redundant
utterances that correspond with the child's interests and comprehensionlevels. d. They tease their children in order to give them a chance to develop a quick wit.
According to the _____________ perspective, extinction changes a person's mental representation of the environment because the conditioned stimulus is no longer predictive of an unconditioned stimulus
a. behavioral c. evolutionary b. cognitive d. clinical
Cassandra is sitting cross-legged on her rug with her arms outstretched. She closes her eyes and makes a sound like "ummmm." She continues this procedure. Cassandra is demonstrating ______________, and the sound is a(n) ______________.
A. relaxation response; focus B. meditation; mantra C. biofeedback; focus D. hypnosis; focal point