Oksana is excited when she receives a telephone call from her granny on her birthday. When granny asks how old she is, Oksana holds up three fingers in front of the phone. Oksana's belief that because she can see her fingers, so can granny, reflects Piaget's concept of
A. centration.
B. egocentrism.
C. animism.
D. formal thought.
Answer: B
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a. Munchausen syndrome. b. a psychosomatic disorder. c. Klinefelter's syndrome. d. a conversion disorder.
An individual was involved in a traumatic occurrence and was feeling dizzy with severe migraine headaches. The emergency room clinician decided to run ______ to observe changes in cognition and behavior.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Emily's left prefrontal cortex was damaged as the result of an automobile accident. As a result, her friends are most likely to notice that she ________
a. has begun to experience excessive euphoria. b. can recognize them by voice but not by sight. c. seems to have lost her capacity for joy. d. "forgets" to be afraid in situations that should involve fear.
According to Jung, the memories and behavior patterns inherited from past generations are part of the ______
a. persona c. personal unconscious b. alter-ego d. collective unconscious