Dionne is playing in her playpen and reaches to pull back a blanket that is partially covering the teddy bear she wants. What would Jean Piaget say this is an example of?
A. secondary circular reactions
B. first habits and primary circular reactions
C. coordination of secondary circular reactions
D. tertiary circular reactions
Answer: C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the context of behaviorism, observable behaviors are considered public behaviors because:
A) they highlight the relationship between behavior and reinforcement and show that people influence one another's behaviors. B) they help patients gain insight into their conflicts through self-observations. C) they can be measured easily and different observers would agree about their existence and features. D) they exhibit human perceptions, emotions, and thought processes as an organized whole.
Hal is strongly attracted to one of the women that he works with. However, his coworker is married. To deal with the anxiety that his feelings have generated, he has unconsciously convinced himself that his coworker is attracted to him. According to Freud, Hal may be unconsciously dealing with the anxiety caused by his feelings toward his coworker by using the ego-defense mechanism of:
a. repression b. projection c. reaction formation d. sublimation
Impulses and desires are kept from awareness primarily by the
a. superego. c. hippocampus. b. ego. d. id.