Animism is ____
a. the ability to distinguish between your own perspective and another person's perspective
b. attributing human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects and forces
c. focusing on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects
d. difficulty understanding that objects can be simultaneously part of more than one "class" or group
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
Advertisers often gain attention when selling a product by
a. utilizing the "soft sell.". b. increasing the viewer' habituation. c. using motives, such as anxiety and sex. d. creating inattentional blindness to the advertiser's intentions.
A mute mental patient is first given a token each time he or she says a word. Next, tokens are given for speaking a complete sentence. Later, the patient is gradually required to speak more often, then to answer questions, and eventually to carry on a short conversation in order to receive tokens. This gradual improvement of the patient's communication skills is an example of
a. shaping. b. reciprocal inhibition. c. classical conditioning. d. systematic desensitization.
A time in which the individual is especially responsive to environmental influences is known as a(n) __________ period
A) adaptive B) critical C) sensitive D) restricted
Adolescence is defined as
A. a time of conflict with one’s parents. B. beginning at the onset of puberty and ending when puberty is over. C. ?a transitional“coming of age” period between childhood and adulthood. D. ?ages 16 to 21.