Infants a few months old either do or do not appear to understand object permanence, depending on how we test them. Describe the two tests leading to different conclusions
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In Piaget's original observations, he found that infants would reach for a toy they saw, but not for a toy blocked by an opaque barrier. In a later study, infants saw a block on a track. Then a curtain was lowered so the infant could no longer see the block. A toy car came down a ramp and through the place where the block had been. (It had been moved in the meantime.) Infants stared longer at this "impossible" event than at "possible" events, suggesting that they were surprised. That surprise implies an understanding that the block would still be present, even though they did not see it.
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Early studies using the Test Anxiety Scale demonstrated that test-anxious students
a. tended to be very self-confident. b. are anxious in nearly all social situations. c. tend to focus attention on themselves in test-taking situations rather than on the test. d. are anxious because they are so tightly focused on the test.
The textbook discusses the "self-correcting nature of science" as it applies to social psychology. The idea here is that, over time, erroneous conclusions are revised appropriately, because ____
a. most research in social psychology builds off of prior research relatively slowly and systematically b. common sense will override conclusions that are obviously incorrect c. most psychologists study a single topic for their entire careers, and will notice if they made mistakes earlier d. every 20-30 years, researchers revisit old topics and replicate all of the old research
Based on what you've read, develop a lobbying strategy to present to policy makers regarding the necessary key components of an effective primary, secondary, and tertiary intervention program for children
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Bethany believes that nothing she does will have any impact on her life. We might say that Bethany demonstrates
a. dysthymia. b. low self-efficacy. c. delusions of persecution. d. dependent personality disorder.