You are visiting your sister and she has a 4-year-old daughter. You have not been around young children very much, except for your niece. You notice that while she plays, she acts as though her dolls are real. What type of thinking is your niece demonstrating?

A. humanitarianism
B. egocentrism
C. animism
D. socialism


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. behavioral problems. b. loneliness. c. increased creativity and ability to relate to peers. d. being a second- or later-born child.

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The effect size can best be thought of as

a. the size of the largest mean. b. the size of the difference between means in standard deviation units. c. a mixture of the size of the difference and the sample size. d. the largest difference we would hope to find.

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Arnold is extremely talkative and sociable. He likes to have fun, and he is very affectionate. Based on the Big Five model of personality, Arnold would probably score:

a. high in agreeableness b. high in openness c. high in extroversion d. low in neuroticism

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The idea of _____ suggests conditioning has an evolutionary perspective in that certain associations will be more easily learned if they help an organism survive

A) biological preparedness B) natural selection C) explicit learning D) observational learning

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