On Christmas morning, Hugo, age 3, opens one of his gifts from his mother and finds a new sweater. Disappointed that it is not a toy, Hugo frowns and throws the sweater aside in front of his mother with no regard for her feelings. Hugo is demonstrating __________.
A. centration
B. egocentric thought
C. conservation
D. intuitive thought
Answer: B
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a. complex b. generalizable c. stable d. unbiased
Which type of conflict will most likely cause feelings of ambivalence?
a. approach-approach b. frustration c. avoidance-avoidance d. distress e. approach-avoidance
Your best friend passes you in the school hallway and glares at you without speaking. You think, "Now, why did she do that?" One possible explanation could be that she saw you flirting with her boyfriend. Within the framework of the scientific method, this possible explanation for your friend's behavior will remain tentative until it is tested by your asking your friend why she did not speak
Thus, this tentative, possible explanation would be considered a(n) a. theory. b. operational definition. c. hypothesis. d. relative certainty.
Descartes suggested that the rational soul was able to control the mechanical body by having both functions come together in a structure of the brain called the ______.
a. brain stem b. cerebellum c. pineal gland d. occipital lobe