When 18-month-old James is given peas for the first time, he picks one up, throws it, and says "ball." According to Piaget's theory, James is most likely __________ the pea into his ball scheme
A) accommodating
B) organizing
C) equilibrating
D) assimilating
D
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Maude, a 79-year-old widow, met Harold, a much younger divorcee, at her town's Heritage Days' social. At first, Maude thought that Harold would be a great date to enjoy a dinner and a movie with, but soon after their first "date," Harold began critiquing Maude's cooking and cleaning efforts, and was forever looking at the world [almost any subject] with "half-empty" glasses. In less than a month, Maude decided that she did not want to be around such negative energy, so she dumped Harold. Maude's encounter may be best described to fit under the umbrella of which theory or model?
a) Emotion-focused strategy b) Problem-focused strategy c) Socio-emotional selectivity theory (SST) d) Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC) model
When people express exaggerated emotions and ideas that are the opposite of their real emotions and ideas, they are exhibiting ________
a. displacement b. repression c. intellectualization d. reaction formation
The abbreviation LAD refers to which of the following?
A) An acquired process of language development B) A learned language processor C) An innate language processor D) A language directional device
Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior is referred to as
a. modifying b. shaping c. rewarding d. operating e. generalizing