Chua, Boland, and Nisbett presented American and Chinese participants with pictures of a figure, such as a tiger, placed on a ground, such as a jungle, and monitored their eye-movement patterns. The Americans tended to focus their eye movements
a. haphazardly.
b. in a structured and coordinated way.
c. on the figure (the tiger).
d. on the ground (the jungle).
C
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a. providing information regarding the number of gallons of water consumed that week b. providing rebates for buying energy-efficient appliances or cars c. placing an energy tax on gasoline d. none of these
Since 1973, IVF has produced how many babies worldwide?
2 million 20 million 200 million 2000
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A. avoidance conditioning. B. escape conditioning. C. latent learning. D. punishment.
You picked up your daughter, who is 9 years old, from soccer practice after a difficult day at work. She asks you if you are OK and says that you seem to be unhappy with something. Is this perceptiveness in a child her age unusual?
a. Yes, she must be very in tune with you. She should consider a career in counseling or psychotherapy. b. Yes, she must simply be acting out something that she saw on television. c. No, children have actually been able to appreciate the emotions of others since toddlerhood. d. No, children in middle childhood become more aware of not only their emotions, but also the emotions of others.