The authors of your text report a story of a homeless man who spent his only quarter to find out why a couple (whose love letters he'd read) had broken up. This story demonstrates
a. that homeless people make irrational decisions.
b. that people tend to be very nosey.
c. the idea that people are fascinated with the human condition.
d. the need people have for belonging.
Answer: C
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A. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) B. Terman Intelligence Test/Education Edition (TITE) C. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5) D. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II)
According to the gestalt psychologists, perception occurs because of the brain's ability to organize sensations according to rules.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to an information processing perspective, how can changes in processing capacity explain age differences in performance on the Piagetian conservation problems?
A) Relative to older children, younger children's lower processing capacity may make it more difficult for them to think about two or more aspects of the problem (e.g., height and width) at the same time. B) Relative to older children, younger children's lower processing capacity may enable them to more easily reverse certain operations. C) Relative to older children, younger children are better able to mentally reverse operations because they are "centered" on only one aspect of the problem at a time. D) Relative to older children, younger children are better able to switch their attention back and forth between two different aspects of the problem.
____ is the ability to sort objects or events that share common characteristics into the same class
a. Decentering b. Reversibility c. Classification d. Seriation