Some psychologists believe that exploration and manipulation are primary motives that are rewarding in and of themselves. How would these psychologists explain the exploratory behavior of a young kitten or puppy recently brought to their new home?
a. They are looking for their mothers.
b. They are trying to escape an unfamiliar setting.
c. They are looking for sources of food.
d. They are exploring a novel environment.
D
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a. Emphasis on the distinction between conscious and unconscious influences b. Attempts to understand and produce personalities that are better than normal c. Intensive studies of what makes each person unique d. Search for broad, general principles of personality
In a qualitative narrative, an author must be considerate of the intentionality, or meaning, of a participant's conscious experiences.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In a peg-word mnemonic that the numbers 1 through 10, what functions as the pegs?
a) Mental images of words that rhyme with the number b) Mental images of the words to be remembered c) Mental images of the numbers d) Mental images of well-known places
In two investigations, African-American children adopted into economically well-off European-American homes during the first year of life ________.
A. attained scores no different from those of children who remained in low-SES homes. B. attained mean IQs below 95 in middle childhood C. attained mean IQs of 110 and 117 by middle childhood D. showed gains in IQ in early childhood, but their IQs dropped by adolescence