Overlapping-waves theory emphasizes that
A) children should be discouraged from experimenting with less mature strategies.
B) children will gradually select their strategies on the basis of two criteria: accuracy and ease.
C) trying many strategies is vital for developing new, more effective solution techniques.
D) in early childhood, children's brains are poorly organized for problem-solving tasks.
Answer: C
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a. denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance b. anger, denial, depression, bargaining, acceptance c. bargaining, anger, depression, denial, acceptance d. depression, anger, bargaining, denial, acceptance
Which outcome has not demonstrated in research on physical attractiveness?
a. Attractive students were able to solicit more signatures on a petition than unattractive students. b. Unattractive defendants received larger court fines than attractive defendants. c. Teachers expect attractive children to be smarter and achieve more than unattractive children. d. Attractive employees earn approximately the same salaries as unattractive employees.
Applied research is best defined as research done
a. to find solutions to specific problems. b. to seek knowledge for its own sake. c. intuitively rather than systematically. d. with lower animals to avoid ethical issues.
Who was the physician who became well known in the 1990s for developing a "suicide machine" ?
a) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
b) Charles Corr
c) Jack Kevorkian
d) Mike Wallace