The Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky emphasized the importance of social and cultural factors on cognitive development.
a. true
b. false
a. true
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Which statement between temperament and later personality is FALSE?
a. Well-adjusted three-year-olds tend to be well-adjusted adults b. Highly emotional and difficult to control three-year-olds tend to be impulsive teens c. Behavioral inhibition in preschool is predictive of low extraversion in middle childhood d. An infant's high ability to exhibit effortful control predicts a lack of conscientiousness in later life
Allison is learning Spanish, but she hates it. When she is in her Spanish classes, she is always unhappy. The phenomenon of state-dependent learning would suggest that she would show better recall of Spanish words if she:
A. was in a better mood B. was in an unhappy mood C. could block out the proactive interference D. developed adequate retrieval cues
Regarding interpersonal attraction, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Lovers like to think they have found the "one and only" person in the universe for them, but, in reality, they have probably found the best match in a five-mile radius. b. Most people assume attractive people are less likable, less intelligent, less warm, and less mentally healthy than the average person. c. In everything from casual acquaintance to marriage, similar people are attracted to each other because it is reinforcing to see one's beliefs and attitudes shared by others. d. The Internet is making it increasingly easier to stay in constant "virtual contact," which is leading to more and more long-distance friendships and romances.
A therapist is interested in interpreting dreams and in having clients relate stories about their childhoods. This person is most likely to be a
a. client-centered therapist. b. psychodynamic therapist. c. cognitive therapist. d. behavior therapist.