Which of the following words accurately captures the thinking of a concrete operational child, as compared to earlier cognitive stages?
a. Egocentric
b. Flexible
c. Rigid
d. Abstract
b
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a. pressure b. conflict c. frustration d. failure
Jim watches a heavy dose of violent TV cop shows. According to research presented in the text, what is one likely outcome of this behavior? Jim will
a. feel indifferent when he hears a violent argument between his neighbors. b. become more aware of his own violent behavior and try to stop it. c. be less likely to recognize his own feelings of aggression. d become more upset when he sees aggression that is not fictionalized.
Two psychology students are in a heated discussion about the nature of prejudice. Mavis insists that that when people get their identity from membership in a political action group, they will generally express ethnocentrism. Martin argues that with or without ethnocentrism, social identity based in group membership is inevitably associated with the demonization of minority groups. Who is correct?
A. Martin is correct. B. Neither Mavis nor Martin is correct. C. Mavis is correct. D. Both Mavis and Martin are correct.
Under the psychological essentialist view, you would expect that members of a category should be ______ with respect to their observable properties.
a. relatively different b. relatively similar c. always identical d. infinitely variable