In 4-year-old Amanda's preschool class, the group discussion involved airplanes
After that, Amanda considered herself an expert on airplanes and believed she knew everything there was to know about airplanes, even though she was unable to provide a reasonable explanation about why she thought she knew so much about airplanes. In this example, Amanda is demonstrating
a) conservation.
b) intuitive thought.
c) egocentric thought.
d) centration.
b
You might also like to view...
__________are based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud
A) Gestalt therapies B) Client-centered therapies C) Psychodynamic therapies D) Behavioral therapies E) Select
A major criticism of classification systems is that they ____
a. provide too much information to be useful b. stigmatize people by labeling them with a mental disorder c. do not provide enough information to help therapists design effective treatment d. ignore cultural and gender differences
When infants "look" at something:
a. they actually bounce from feature to feature, rather than staring. b. they focus in on one feature and ignore all other features. c. they are prewired to pay attention to subtle features. d. they do not like anything out of the ordinary or different.
One easy way for a person to cope with the unpleasant state of tension associated with cognitive dissonance is to
a. change his or her attitudes. b. engage in groupthink. c. continue the behavior that led to the dissonance. d. pretend that the dissonance does not exist.