Cross-cultural studies employing the mirror self-recognition test reveal that self-recognition __________.
A. is simply a product of brain maturation
B. only occurs when infants grow up with mirrors in their environment
C. may occur earlier in cultures that prize individuality
D. may occur later in cultures that punish children for being selfish
Answer: C
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Which of the following best defines probability?
a. The study of likelihood and uncertainty b. The number of ways a particular outcome can occur divided by the total number of outcomes c. The process of determining whether a hypothesis is supported by the results of a research study d. Both a and b
Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky believed that cognitive development is strongly influenced by
a. heredity. b. genes and maturation. c. social and cultural factors. d. identity formation.
The purpose of inferential statistics is to rule out that our scientific findings may have
occurred due to __________ . Fill in the blanks with correct word
Mort is going to the supermarket to pick up seven items – a toilet brush, shampoo, apples, toothpicks, baby diapers, a birthday card, and pasta. He has them written down in this order on his shopping list,
but he gets to the store and finds that he's left the list at home. He finds the first few things and the last few things on his list, but for all of his effort he cannot remember that he needed toothpicks. This tendency to forget things that came in the middle of a list of items is called the __________ effect. a. recency b. primacy c. serial position d. pseudoforgetting