Four-year-old Jinni thinks that when she flattens out a ball of clay there is more than there was before because the clay is wider on the table. This is an example of:

A) centering. B) egocentrism.
C) seriation. D) syncretism.


Answer: A

Psychology

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a. peripheral nervous system b. endocrine system c. central nervous system d. substantia nigra

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Psychotic patients may be depressed or apathetic and display a lack of emotion in which their faces are frozen in a blank expression, a condition referred to as a

a. manic reaction. b. disassociation. c. flat affect. d. somatic delusion.

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Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of

a. clowns. b. strangers. c. the number 13. d. peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

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