A neonate enters the world with unlearned, organized, and involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of stimuli. What are these responses called?
A. behavioral intentions
B. instincts
C. reflexes
D. preparations
Answer: C
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Nate is a clinical psychologist and is trying to determine if Jennifer has schizophrenia. In what way will he make this determination?
a. making observations of Jennifer's behavior and her descriptions of personal experience b. heredity c. studying the concentration of schizophrenia in Jennifer's geographic area d. blood tests
Which outcome may soon be considered an incentive to hiring the elderly?
A. Baby boomers are retiring, so the size of the workforce is shrinking. B. Attractive government tax incentives for hiring the elderly. C. The elderly are increasingly going back to school to acquire additional skills. D. Legal actions and lawsuits for firing the elderly have become routine in the court system.
Dyslexia is the most commonly diagnosed learning disability.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The following is a description of a child being assessed in Piaget's pendulum task: "They may try the heaviest weight on the longest string dropped from medium height with medium force, then a medium weight on the smallest string dropped from
medium height with lesser force. If they happen to arrive at the right answer they find it difficult to explain why." According to this description, it is clear that the child is in which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development? a. sensorimotor b. preoperational c. concrete operations d. formal operations