?Three-year-old Maxim is playing with his toys happily as his mother is watching a movie. He looks up to see a few tears running down his mother’s cheeks, because a sad scene just occurred in the film. He puts down his toys, climbs up next to his mother, and lays his head on her arm. When she asks him what’s wrong, he says, “I’m sad, Mommy.” Maxim has demonstrated the capacity to experience
a. empathy.
b. sympathy.
c. acrimony.
d. alimony.
Answer: a. empathy.
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Martin believes that his blue coat is warmer than his red coat. Ted thinks that he might want to have kids sometime in the next few years. Yesi remembers playing baseball with her friends as a child. These are all examples of ____
a. delusions b. schemas c. affects d. cognitions
Which of the following statements is true of proactive interference?
A) New learning interferes with old learning only if the old material shares similarity with the new material. B) Older learning interferes with new learning only if the new material shares similarity with the old material. C) New information permanently replaces old information if both have the same characteristic traits. D) Old information negates the learning of new information if both have the same characteristic traits.
Most people establish a firm sense of self before emerging adulthood.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The parts of the neuron that receive sensory receptors are called ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).