The period of concrete operations is characterized by a decline in
a. perspective taking.
b. egocentrism.
c. need for identity.
d. ethnocentrism.
b
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a. psychokinesis. b. retinal disparity. c. inattentional blindness. d. the apparent-distance hypothesis.
Why is it important to make sure that different participant groups are roughly equivalent in terms of personal characteristics (e.g., age, gender) before any independent variable is introduced?
a. Because it is important to treat all research participants equally so that they feel that they are not being manipulated. b. Because research ethics forbid any experiment to take place when the participant groups are fundamentally different from each other. c. So that no major differences between the groups unduly bias the results of the experiment. d. Because it threatens the integrity of a within-group experimental design.
The part of the hindbrain that controls such things as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure is the __________
a. cerebral cortex b. pons c. medulla d. cerebellum
You want to go to graduate school to become a cognitive psychologist. In order to gain acceptance, you develop several subgoals. You work to get a 3.90 GPA in your major and at least a 3.50 GPA overall
You also start working with faculty members on research so that you can gain research experience and so they can get to know you better and write better letters of recommendation. You take a GRE course as well to help maximize your GRE scores. What kind of heuristic did you use to develop this plan? a. hill climbing c. random search b. means-end analysis d. protocol analysis