A two-year-old child's family has a pet cat. When they visit the zoo, the child sees a lion and calls it a cat. To modify the child's misunderstanding, what process must occur according to Piaget?
a. accommodation
b. acclamation
c. assimilation
d. adaptation
A
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A. empathy B. guilt C. pride D. embarrassment
According to Carl Rogers, what are three important components of therapy?
a. placebos, ECT, and REBT b. activating events, beliefs, and consequences c. fear hierarchies, gradual exposure, and systematic desensitization d. interpretation, dream analysis, and free association e. empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard
For humanistic theorists, the role of the moral conscience involves
a. the ideal self. b. self-reinforcement. c. the superego. d. the trait of honesty.
What is the ability to understand and respond helpfully to another person's distress?
Sadness Empathy Thoughtfulness Apathy