On average, a 4- or 5-year-old child has an attention span of ____

a. 1–2 minutes
b. 5–10 minutes
c. 10–15 minutes
d. 15–30 minutes


C

Psychology

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Fred was the highest paid news anchor in prime-time television. He had been with the same national network for 20 years. His coworkers couldn't believe it when Fred cleared out his office one day and announced he was going to become a volunteer with an international relief agency. He explained, "I feel I need to make a fundamental change in my life if I am going to continue to grow as a person."

Fred's actions are consistent with a. Bandura's concept of reciprocal determinism b. Adler's concept of overcompensation c. Rogers' concept of incongruence d. Maslow's concept of self-actualizing individuals

Psychology

This formula, is used to calculate what?

A. the total number of scores B. sample population C. population mean D. population distribution

Psychology

Which of the following is not considered to be support for Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

a. It is possible, with the right emphasis, to train anyone to excel in multiple areas. b. It is possible to find people who excel to the point of genius in some areas but not others. c. It is possible to identify a core of information-processing operations uniquely relevant to different skills. d. It is possible to show a loss or deficit in a specific ability due to neural damage while other abilities remain intact.

Psychology

Todd's infant daughter begins to cry only minutes after she goes down for a nap. According to John Watson, Todd should

A. ignore her so that her crying won't be reinforced. B. go immediately to his daughter to soothe her crying. C. wait 2 minutes, then go to his daughter to soothe her crying. D. take her out of bed. She doesn't need a nap at this time.

Psychology