You have two cookies. You break one into two equal pieces. You then give the whole cookie to one child, and the two halves to another child. The child who receives the whole cookie throws a tantrum because They got more cookies than I did! This child has not yet learned _________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: Conservation

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a. higher for European-American females than African-American females. b. higher for African-American females than European-American females. c. lowest for Asian-American females. d. similar for European-American, African-American, Asian-American, and Latina females.

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Identify the statement that demonstrates the principle of reversibility

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Tracy has schizophrenia. Prior to the rapid onset of symptoms, Tracy was a first-year college student at a local liberal arts college where she was active and involved in the residence life community

Her behavior suddenly became characterized by hallucinations, delusions, talking to herself in the dining hall and classes. She has stopped bathing and does not changes her clothes. The description of Tracy's behavior suggests that she was experiencing the ___________ phase of schizophrenia. a. residual c. chronic b. acute d. prodromal

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Dr. Kline classified her patients according to hair colour. Some were classified as blonde, some brunette, some red-haired. This is an example of a

a) continuous classification. b) etiological classification. c) categorical classification. d) dimensional classification.

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