Theory of mind research indicates that by age 3, children realize that
A) doing well on a task depends on focusing attention.
B) a person reading a book or looking at pictures is thinking.
C) thinking takes place inside their heads.
D) if you "know" something you are more certain than if you "guessed."
C
You might also like to view...
Based on evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, which area of the brain is responsible for switching attention from one task to another?
A. occipital lobe B. hippocampus C. anterior prefrontal cortex D. corpus callosum
Several methods enable researchers to present a stimulus that reaches the eyes without the person seeing the stimulus consciously. Which of the following is NOT one of those methods?
a. Binocular rivalry b. Flash suppression c. Backward masking d. Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Substances such as amphetamines, marijuana, PCP, and LSD can produce
a. psychosocial symptoms. b. psychotic symptoms. c. neurotic symptoms. d. depressive symptoms.
Suppose a behavior that has been extinguished temporarily exhibits itself again. This would be a(n) ____
a. ?common event called negative conditioning b. ?uncommon event called counter-conditioning c. ?common event called spontaneous recovery d. ?uncommon event called stimulus generalization