Suppose that you show a small boy two bars of fresh fudge that are equal on all dimensions (exactly the same size, shape, and weight)
You ask him if the two bars are the same, and he says "Yes." You then cut one of the bars into 10 chunks as he watches. You are surprised when he now asks if he can have the cut up fudge because it has more candy than the intact bar. This episode illustrates that the youngster:
a. probably is retarded.
b. lacks the concept of object permanence.
c. is in the preoperational stage.
d. is in the concrete operational stage.
c
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A. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) B. 16PF (personality factor) C. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) D. Rorschach test
Which of the following is not a basic assumption of the social-cognitive approach??
a. ?All behavior, even if it looks bizarre, is meaningful to the person displaying it. b. ?Learned patterns of thought guide our behavior. c. ?Much of personality is learned through observing and interacting with others. d. ?Behavior is learned, in part, through classical and operant conditioning.
According to William James, _____________ focused on how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment.
a. functionalism b. structuralism c. behaviorism d. humanism
Emily is a psychologist who was just hired in a private practice. As part of her contract, Emily has agreed to be paid according to a fixed ratio (FR) schedule of reinforcement. Given this agreement, she is likely to be paid
A. the same salary every two weeks, regardless of how many patients she sees. B. the same amount of money for each patient that she sees. C. different amounts of money for each patient that she sees. D. different salaries every two weeks, based on how much the overall practice earned.