Sid is asked why he didn't invite Nancy to the party on Saturday night. "I was going to," Sid explained, "but I thought that she'd know that I wanted to ask her, and then she'd know that I like her but I don't really like her that much, so instead of asking her I didn't ask her so that she wouldn't know that I didn't know what she wasn't thinking." Sid's addled adolescent thinking is an example of __________.
A. attenuated thought disorder
B. metacognitive duality
C. adolescent egocentrism
D. fantasy conflict
Answer: C
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a. They are related to specific locations within the brain. b. They arise within complex neural systems. c. They are primarily cognitive in nature. d. All of the above.
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A. nominal B. ordinal C. interval D. ratio
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A. gender B. past experiences C. current beliefs D. level of education