Which of the following statements about social referencing is true?
A) Mothers are more effective sources of emotional information than fathers.
B) A human face is more effective than a vocal expression in guiding a baby's behavior.
C) An adult's voice is more effective than a facial expression in guiding a baby's behavior.
D) A caregiver's emotional expression has no influence on stranger anxiety.
C
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A concrete operational thinker and a formal operational thinker are given the following logical statements: (1) If you drop a 20-pound bowling ball on your foot, it will tickle. (2) You drop a 20-pound bowling ball on your foot. What reaction would you expect? a. Only the concrete operational thinker would conclude that "your foot would tickle."
b. Only the formal operational thinker would conclude that "your foot would tickle.". c. Both would conclude that "your foot would tickle.". d. Both would conclude that "your foot would never tickle" after having a 20-pound bowling ball dropped on it.
A psychology professor wanted to describe the adolescents in her state in terms of the personality characteristic of introversion/ extroversion. She selects a sample and measures their scores on a test of introversion/extroversion. The measure of variability she should calculate is
a. the estimated population standard deviation, because she wants to make inferences about the population based on her sample. b. the sample standard deviation, because she has measured a sample, not the entire population. c. the population standard deviation, because the sample she selected is representative of the population. d. the range, because the dependent variable is an ordinal measurement scale.
Mr. and Mrs. Hargett set up an assessment appointment for their 15-year-old son, Tommy; when they bring him in, they say that they want to find out "what is wrong" with him. According to the text, what should the psychologist do in this case?
a. The psychologist should conduct a comprehensive assessment of Tommy, examining him for every type of psychological problem. b. The psychologist should tell the parents that their referral question is inappropriate, and that they should take their son elsewhere. c. The therapist should talk with the parents to help them narrow down their questions about Tommy, and then conduct an assessment around these questions. d. The psychologist should conduct a focused assessment of Tommy, examining him for the problems most commonly observed in 15-year-old males.
Who has been named the father of the Renaissance?
a. de’ Medici c. Cicero b. Ficino d. Petrarch