In contrast to Piaget, information-processing theorists focus on
a. unconscious desires and drives.
b. emotional development of the child.
c. how children manipulate or process information.
d. how reinforcements and punishments shape behavior.
c
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Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding the students that attended liberal Bennington College but maintained their conservative attitudes?
a. Bennington College would be considered one of their membership groups. b. Their family and friends would be considered membership groups. c. Bennington College would be considered their reference group. d. Their family and hometown friends would be considered their reference group.
Psychotherapy is used to affect the client's
a. actions. c. thoughts. b. emotions. d. all of these.
According to Freud, the stage in which children develop a sexual attraction to the parent of the opposite sex and, through resolving this attraction, develop their male or female identity is the _________ stage
a) anal b) genital c) oral d) phallic
When designing a cross-sectional study with different age groups, a researcher is concerned
that cohort differences may influence his study results. To ease his mind, he ensures that the oldest participants ( age 80 ) are similar in intelligence, education, and social class to the younger participants. What is the researcher's primary concern? A) The older participants may not be representative of the same-aged people in the community. B) He relied on a nonprobability or convenience sample. C) It is very difficult to measure intelligence in older people. D) He should not have relied on a chain sampling method.