In the children’s television show Pee Wee’s Playhouse, the floor, globe, and chair could talk, move, and had their own personalities. The fact that many young children view such objects as being "alive" is consistent with the Piagetian concept of
a.irreversibility.
b.intonation.
c.observational learning.
d.animism.
animism
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Suppose that members of a profeminist men's group are debating the members of a mythopoetic group. The profeminist group would be most likely to say,
a. "You rely too strongly on religious traditions.". b. "You place too much emphasis on men's legal rights.". c. "Why are you working so hard to benefit women, when men are the most oppressed group?" d. "You have such high incomes and so much social power—why aren't you trying to help a less powerful group?"
The prefrontal cortex, the region of the cerebral cortex responsible for____, helps us manage our attention, behavior, and emotions so that we reach short-term and long-term goals
a. all mental disorders b. thought and planning c. emotional processing d. executive functioning
Which of the following psychologists was asked by the minister of education in Paris in 1904 to find a way to distinguish slower students from the more capable (or the capable but lazy) with the result being the modern intelligence test?
a. Sigmund Freud b. Maria Montessori c. Alfred Binet d. Jean Piaget
When intelligence is assessed with culture-fair tests,
a. African-American children score higher than Caucasian children. b. IQ test scores do not predict school achievement. c. Caucasian children still earn higher scores than African-American children. d. African-American children earn equal scores as Caucasians when the test items have been translated into urban dialects.