According to the article Gimme the Ball concerning the development of object permanence, in the main study by Goubet & Clifton, reaching in the dark was used as a task because:
(a) there were frequent power failures in the lab
(b) the reaching task was similar to the reaching in Piaget's work
(c) babies are calmer when they are in the dark
(d) when the lights were off the researchers who recorded data could not be biased by seeing what the babies were doing
B
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What will be an ideal response?
In studies of the differences in men's and women's brains, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. No physical differences between male and female brains have been found. b. When presented with a language task, both men and women showed increased activity in Broca's area. c. During the language task, both the left and right brains were activated in more than half the women tested. d. Men and women performed equally well on a task that involved sounding out words.
Robin seems to overreact at the slightest irritation or inconvenience. She panics at the merest suggestion of threat, like the sound of a branch cracking outside the window. Robin's behavior illustrates:
a) emotional regulation. b) blunted affect. c) hyperarousal. d) emotional lability.
Which of the following is NOT one of the types of intelligence described in the theory of multiple intelligences?
a. practical intelligence c. linguistic intelligence b. interpersonal intelligence d. spatial intelligence