Which guideline for the psychological detective is concerned with the question of cause and effect?
a) What do statistics reveal?
b) What is the claim and who is making it?
c) Is the claim based on scientific observations?
d) Are there plausible alternative explanations for the claim?
D
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How do the theories of cognitive development proposed by Gisela Labouvie-Vief and Jean Piaget compare?
A. Labouvie-Vief argued for complete cognitive development at the formal operations stage, whereas Piaget believed a period of postformal thought was necessary. B. Labouvie-Vief proposed a stage of postformal thought, whereas Piaget thought cognitive development was complete at the stage of formal operations. C. Both Labouvie-Vief and Piaget concluded that postformal thought represented the completion of cognitive development. D. Labouvie-Vief emphasized the importance of concrete operational thought, whereas Piaget emphasized the importance of postformal thought.
Research by Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen indicates that subjects are generally successful in identifying (from facial cues in photographs) all EXCEPT which of the following emotions?
a. fear b. anger c. happiness d. contentment
We cannot retrieve nor are we aware of ____ memories.
A. declarative B. episodic C. semantic D. procedural
Regions in the _____ lobes are thought to be part of the mirror neuron system in humans.
A) frontal and temporal B) frontal and parietal C) frontal and occipital D) temporal and occipital