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A person who suffers from bipolar disorder alternates between
a) anxiety and mania. b) depression and mania. c) mania and schizophrenia. d) depression and schizophrenia.
Don's parents are politically conservative and consider themselves religious. Don's values are very much the same as his parents, but he has several friends who are active in politically liberal causes
Don's friends ask him to join them for a rally to protest the local library's plan to limit teenagers' access to the Internet. What is Don most likely to do? A) Join his friends at the rally B) Change his values C) Find a new group of friends D) Put pressure upon his friends to change their course of action
You're hanging out at your campsite when a bear suddenly emerges from the trees and runs toward you. You grab the nearby grill grate and use it as a shield against the bear. This scenario best illustrates overcoming ______.
A. heuristics B. functional fixedness C. mental sets D. divergent thinking
Lives in Context Video 6.2: Formal OperationsClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 226 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following question:According to your textbook, how might a concrete operational child likely approach this problem?
A. He or she may identify accurate hypotheses but then forget them or confuse them with less effective strategies. B. Instead of disentangling the variables and considering nontangible variables like height and force, he or she might test a short string with a heavy weight, then try a long string with a short weight. C. A concrete operational child is likely to get carried away with the possibilities and spend too much time testing various hypotheses. D. A concrete operational child would not be able to attempt this problem. It is not until the late adolescent years that young people even understand how to identify hypotheses.