Which of Piaget's terms means applying an old schema to a new object or problem?
a. Concrete operations
b. Accommodation
c. Assimilation
d. Formal operations
c
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Velma takes headache medicine to relieve pain. The medicine serves to remove the pain. This is an example of
a. avoidance conditioning. b. conditioned reinforcement. c. positive reinforcement. d. negative reinforcement. e. superstitious behavior.
Researchers who analyze postings on Facebook to understand human behavior are aware that the information people choose to display about themselves may be biased. In terms of archival data, this represents the problem of
A. spurious relationship. B. unobtrusive measurement. C. selective deposit. D. selective survival.
One of the oldest and most widely used projective tests is
a. the MMPI-2. b. Cattell's 16 PF. c. the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). d. the Rorschach.
If sleep is a way to preserve energy, we would expect a. larger animals to sleep more, due to their high metabolic rates
b. smaller animals to sleep more, due to their high metabolic rates. c. hibernation to be accompanied by increased body temperature. d. animals with smaller appetites to sleep more.