Psychologist William James viewed the world of a neonate as a(n)
A) blooming, buzzing confusion.
B) blank slate.
C) ordered, predictable environment.
D) refined, complex place.
A
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How do parents handle the issue of independence in their children?
a. They are somewhat more likely to supervise their daughters and leave their sons alone. b. They are somewhat more likely to supervise their sons and leave their daughters alone. c. They treat sons and daughters similarly as preschoolers, but supervise daughters more when children reach school age. d. They treat sons and daughters identically with regard to independence.
Parvocellular neurons most likely receive input from ____
a. magnocellular neurons b. rods c. bipolar cells that receive input from cones d. the periphery of the retina
A child is told a story using two dolls named Sally and Anne. Sally has a basket, while Anne has a box. The experimenter than explains that Sally puts a coin in her basket and goes out to play. In the meantime, Anne takes the coin from Sally's basket and puts it into her box. Sally comes back inside and looks for the coin. The experimenter asks the child "Where will Sally look for her coin?" If
the child says that Sally will look for her coin in her basket, the child is demonstrating that he or she has developed a. animism. b. theory of mind. c. conservation. d. egocentric thought.
Failure to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring about the original conditions or situation is called
concrete operations. conservation. irreversibility. symbolic thought.