Research has found that infants as young as 2.5 months of age have a rudimentary form of object permanence. Why then, do they not actively search for hidden objects until 8 months of age?
a. Coordination of acts does not occur until 8 months.
b. Children do not "look in order to see" until 8 months of age.
c. 8-month-olds do not yet perform primary circular reactions.
d. 8-month-olds lack the ability to assimilate.
a
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The goal of therapy, according to Freudians, is to
a. challenge and correct irrational thought patterns. b. change the frequency of certain target behaviors. c. make the unconscious conscious. d. achieve self-actualization.
Assuming the following four boys will eventually engage in various forms of adolescent delinquency, which child is likely to engage in less violent forms, such as theft?
A) Mark, who has high levels of oppositional behavior B) Matt, who has high levels of physical aggression C) Mike, who has low levels of oppositional behavior D) Max, who has medium levels of physical aggression
According to research by Lord, Lepper, and Preston (1984), participants were less biased in their appraisal of the methodology of a scientific study when they were asked to
A) "Consider what would you conclude if the same study produced results on the other side of the issue." B) "Consider how this issue ranks in the perspective of important issues, like your own life and death." C) "Think about times when you have made foolish decisions in the past." D) "Try to be as objective as possible."
The contemporary view of the nature-nurture debate is best expressed in terms of ______
a. neither nature nor nurture b. nature, not nurture c. nurture, not nature d. nature and nurture acting together