The taking in and assessment of information about other people, so as to form first impressions and to try and understand their behavior is known as ______

a. a response characteristic c. the bystander effect
b. selective perception d. social cognition


D

Psychology

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Among preschoolers, younger children's play is

A) more cognitively and socially mature in single-age classrooms than in mixed-aged classrooms. B) more cognitively and socially mature in mixed-age classrooms than in single-age classrooms. C) often characterized by competition and object assertion. D) often immature and functional, particularly for boys.

Psychology

How did Penfield assess the functional role of different brain areas?

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Psychology

The number of items recallable after any short display is called __________

a. visual sensory memory duration b. working memory capacity c. the span of apperception d. articulation span

Psychology