You are visiting your sister who has 4-year-old twins. They ask if they can have some milk and you are pouring it for them. One glass that you chose was tall and thin and the other was short and wide After you poured the milk your niece is very unhappy because you gave "more" milk to your nephew. You actually gave each of them the same amount, but your niece and nephew lack the mental ability to ____.
a. conserve
b. operate
c. center
d. tertiary operate
A. Conservation is the mental ability to understand that the quantity of a substance or material remains the same even if its appearance changes.
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a. the number of items that can be held in memory. b. the number of chunks that can be held in memory. c. the length of time information can be held in memory. d. the length of time to transfer information into long-term memory.
The symptoms of borderline personality disorder include all except:
a) disregard for the basic rights of others. b) unstable relationships. c) unstable sense of self. d) impulsive and/or self-destructive behaviors.
Although the rate of achromatopsia in the rest of the world is between 1 in 30,000
and 1 in 50,000, on the small Pacific island of Pingelap, the rate was about (a) 1 in 100 (b) 1 in 10,000 (c) 1 in 2 (d) 1 in 12
Which of the following is NOT an example of a self-report technique?
A. Diary or log B. Interview C. Questionnaire D. Observation