Ms. Miller is teaching Joseph to play the clarinet. At his first lesson, she places his finger in the proper position on the clarinet. This is an example of
A) internalization.
B) scaffolding.
C) fast mapping.
D) social speech.
B) scaffolding. Scaffolding is support given to a child as he or she develops a new mental function or learns to perform a particular task.
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A. person perception B. social facilitation C. deindividuation D. person polarization
Which of the following is an explanation proposed in the text for the selection of partners in a relationship?
a. marriages are made in diverse neighborhoods b. the attraction-similarity hypothesis c. we seek out people who are more than 10 years older (or younger) than ourselves d. we seek out people with different attitudes
Which of the following is an example of indirect, active, verbal aggression?
A. calling someone a stupid jerk B. refusing to acknowledge someone's preferred name C. telling a person's significant other that they are cheating D. allowing an innocent person to be arrested when you could provide an alibi
A politician who is inwardly biased against other ethnic groups tends to verbally rationalize his support of issues that, in reality, are harmful to these specific groups. This politician is exhibiting what would best be described as
a. group prejudice. b. superordinate goals. c. symbolic prejudice. d. social stereotyping.