Although historically infants were thought not to feel pain, today it is widely acknowledged that infants show signs of distress when in pain and express this by __________
a) changing the intensity of their crying
b) slowed respiration
c) facial expression of pleasure
d) rooting reflexes
Answer: a
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Skinner generalized his findings to complex human behaviors even though his subject pool was limited to ____
a. rats and pigeons b. children c. graduate students d. dogs and cats
A 50-year-old man panics on his birthday thinking his time is running out, so he leaves his wife for a 30-year-old woman. According to Erikson this individual is demonstrating
a. generativity. c. stagnation. b. isolation. d. despair.
The ability to engage in abstract reasoning about hypothetical events that are not directly experienced develops in which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
A) Concrete operations B) Formal operations C) Preoperational D) Sensorimotor
Martin has strong conservative social and political beliefs. Given these beliefs, how is his identical twin brother, Mark, likely to respond to a fundraising request from a liberal political candidate?
A. He will scoff at the request and say he only supports conservatives. B. He will enthusiastically contribute to a cause he supports. C. He will only moderately support the cause and not enough to donate. D. Martin's beliefs are not a strong predictor of Mark's behavior.