___ are thoughts that intrude repeatedly into awareness and are experienced as irrational, unwanted, and difficult to control or stop

What will be an ideal response?


obsessions

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the War on Poverty. Three, Two, One Contact. Sesame Street. Head Start.

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By __________ of age, infants begin to be able to distinguish facial expressions associated with different emotions

a. 1 month c. 12 months b. 6 months d. 24 months

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A developmental psychologist is showing a four-month-old infant a series of drawings. Each drawing shows a series of heavy black dots arranged in the shape of a square

After seeing a series of such pictures, the infant looks for shorter and shorter periods of time until she is barely glancing at each new version of the black dots in a square. Suddenly the researcher presents a new drawing of heavy black dots in the shape of a circle, and the baby shows renewed interest by gazing for a longer period of time. What is illustrated by this research project? A) The baby's response was an example of discriminatory social referencing. B) The baby became habituated to the pattern of the dots in the shape of a square. C) The baby demonstrated dislike of the square pattern of black dots. D) The baby was illustrating intersensory integration.

Psychology

All human languages have the same basic set of sounds, or phonemes, which are arranged in various ways to form words

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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