You have put your last quarter in a vending machine and pressing the button has had no effect, so you press the buttons more vigorously and then try all the other buttons. You are exhibiting which response to frustration?
a. cognitive coping
b. aggression
c. persistence
d. displacement
C
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The __________ principle of infant growth states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward.
A) Independence of systems B) Proximodistal C) Hierarchical integration D) Cephalocaudal
Infants are actually better than adults at the task of
a. discriminating the colors of the visible spectrum. b. detecting unhealthy substances by taste alone. c. being trained with negative reinforcement. d. discriminating among unfamiliar phonemes.
The long-term effects of preschool compensatory education programs have been found to ___ when no booster programs following these programs were used
a. strongly persist c. gradually be lost b. essentially be insignificant d. immediately be lost
People who live in isolated, scientifically unsophisticated societies and who have little formal education are less likely to perform at the formal operational level than formally educated persons living in more technologically sophisticated societies. This is an example of ___________ influences on the formal operations of adolescents.
a. internal b. external c. cultural d. logical