Research participants are asked to judge whether or not a string of letters forms a word in English. They are first given the string CABBAGE. Based on what you know about categories and spreading activation, which of the following strings might participants then judge the most rapidly?
a. CRIBBAGE
b. CARROT
c. TOILET
d. CABOOSE
b. CARROT
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Which of the following refers to a range of tasks that a child can carry out with the help of someone who is more skilled?
A. scaffolding B. ethology C. zone of proximal development D. zone of natural development
In the early 1970s, the Knowledge-Attitudes-Behavior model began to be questioned when it was learned that
A. drug users didn't much care what people thought about them. B. students with more knowledge about drugs had a more positive attitude toward drugs. C. drug-using behavior is unrelated to attitudes about drug use. D. it was more effective just to use scare tactics.
You and your partner are looking at the papers that your daughter has brought home from her first week of kindergarten. The teacher writes that children will be reading full books and guessing at words they don't know. What do you say?
a. "Oh! I remember this from my developmental psychology class. It's called the phonics approach." b. "This is a great approach for our daughter because she already knows how to read." c. "This is the best way to teach children to read at the beginning; I'm so glad they're using this technique." d. "This approach is horrible. Studies show that this way of teaching reading does not have any positive outcomes."
Suppose you conduct a research study in China, which has a collectivist culture, and the Unites Stated. In your study, you encourage adults in both cultures to think about and write about their own deaths
Generalizing from similar research described in the text, you should expect that the U.S. participants in your study will experience a greater tendency to focus on _________ and that their self-esteem will ___________, relative to the Chinese participants. a. collectivism; increase b. collectivism; decrease c. individualism; increase d. individualism; decrease