Which statement best describes children who, in Piagetian terms, are centered?
A. They lack the ability to distinguish between their own perspective and another person's perspective.
B. They often attribute human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects and forces.
C. They often focus on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects.
D. They have difficulty understanding that objects can be simultaneously part of more than one class or group.
Answer: C
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A. The community often took on the care of the mentally ill. B. Family members often cared for a mentally ill person at home. C. Mentally ill people received specialized care in psychiatric hospitals. D. Often, mentally ill people were left to care for themselves.
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a) It is broken down by an enzyme. b) It is taken back up in the synapse. c) It dissipates in the surrounding body fluids. d) Acetylcholine is one of the few neurotransmitters that are continually present in the synaptic cleft.
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(a) increasing the functional capacity of the sensory buffer (b) assigning some of the capacity from LTM to working memory (c) relying exclusively on the acoustic code (d) chunking (e) none of the above
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a. black light c. non-spectral color b. gray light d. white light