Four-year-old Clinton is talking to his grandmother on the phone. He looks out of the window as he talks and sees a bird in a tree
Clinton says "Look at the bird, Granny! What kind is it?" His belief that his grandmother sees what he sees is called
A) processing capacity.
B) egocentrism.
C) private speech.
D) animism.
B) egocentrism. The child's inability to take another person's perspective is egocentrism.
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In the Atkinson and Shiffrin stages of memory, the progress of information through these stages
a. determines the vividness of perception. b. increases the opportunity for eidetic imagery to be produced. c. determines whether and how long information is retained. d. all of these.
How does disequilibrium lead to cognitive growth?
A. Synaptic pruning has more of an influence on cognitive growth than disequilibrium. B. Disequilibrium causes individuals to experience an increase in REM sleep, thereby increasing their cognitive abilities. C. Disequilibrium causes an eruption in synaptic growth in the brain, thereby enhancing cognitive growth. D. Individuals experience a mismatch between existing schemas and reality, which is confusing, so they are motivated to modify their cognitive schemas to match reality.
Approximately _________ percent of auditory nerve fibers make connections with outer hair cells, whereas _________ percent make connections with inner hair cells
a. 5; 95 b. 25; 75 c. 50; 50 d. 95; 5
According to Berzonsky's theory, which style of identity searching are diffused adolescents most likely to use?
A) Avoidant B) Informational C) Normative D) Social