According to a constructivist perspective, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) People interpret their experiences using their already existing knowledge and
experiences.
B) People perceive the environment as it actually exists and do not make any interpretations.
C) There is only one reality, and individuals should not differ in their interpretations of it.
D) Young children create their own independent interpretations of reality, but adults do not.
A
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An important finding of the Kuhn and Pease (2008) earthquake forecaster training program was that skills in isolating and controlling variables, collecting appropriate data, and explaining and justifying their hypotheses based on the evidence were __________.
A. difficult to teach until children reached the seventh grade B. easily learned by children by the end of one year of training C. developed more fully in children trained from fourth through sixth grade than children who were new to the forecasting problems in the seventh grade D. not easily generalized to other types of problems such as using evidence to forecast avalanches
The first American textbook in psychology was Dewey's Psychology
a. True b. False
The ____ refers to the idea that one person who breaks the rules can inspire others to break the rules
a. bad apple effect b. social allergy effect c. propinquity effect d. deviant wave
Most patients with schizophrenia demonstrate a lower level of frontal lobe activity than healthy control participants. Why would this difference be significant??
a. ?The frontal lobes are important to higher cognitive processes and attention. b. ?The frontal lobes manage motor skills and speech. c. ?The frontal lobes are important to stress reaction and the formation of memories. d. ?The frontal lobes manage vision and hearing.