If a television ad tells you that a "life coach" can map out
your entire career and financial future if you logon and
pay for three half-hour Web-based sessions,
a. beware of oversimplification.
b. note the difference between observation and inference.
c. remember that correlation does not mean causation.
d. realize the authenticity of the life coach has been thoroughly checked by the TV media before broadcast.
ANSWER: a
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a. fantastic adventures. b. simple extensions of the problems of the day. c. reflections of repressed wishes and urges. d. symbolic of unconscious fantasized objects.
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a. the age of the child. b. the sex of the child. c. the scaffolding strategies used by their mothers. d. none of these