When Amanda was age 4, her preschool class had a group discussion focusing on airplanes. After that, Amanda considered herself an expert on airplanes and believed she knew everything there was to know about the subject, even though she was unable to provide a reasonable explanation about why she thought she knew so much. Amanda is demonstrating __________.
A. actuation
B. intuitive thought
C. egocentric thought
D. centration
Answer: B
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A medical doctor believes that terminally ill people have the right to control the time and circumstances of their death. Despite the fact that assisting a suicide is illegal, the doctor provides the means for many terminally ill people to end their lives. The doctor's actions best fit which level of moral reasoning?
a. postconventional b. preconventional c. conventional d. unconventional e. formal operational
The range and standard deviation are measures of __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Lewis is trying to stop smoking. To do so, he begins to chew gum and stays in locations where he cannot smoke. Lewis’s gum chewing is an example of a ______.
A. the incompatible stimuli method B. the threshold method C. the fatigue method D. the habit method
A person high in agreeableness will generally display __________
a. competitiveness b. skepticism c. cooperation d. grandiosity