In a conservation of liquid experiment, Victoria is shown two identical beakers filled with the same amount of juice. The juice from one of the beakers is poured into a taller, thinner beaker
Victoria now thinks there is more juice in the tall, thin beaker than in the original beaker. Victoria appears to be in Piaget's __________ stage of cognitive development.
a. preoperational c. sensorimotor
b. concrete operational d. formal operational
a
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The inability to initiate or persist in goal-directed activity is called __________.
A. alogia B. blunted affect C. delusion D. avolition
In the context of the five-factor theory, which of the following statements is NOT true of culture?
a) Characteristic adaptations can be substantially influenced by culture through the resources, social structures, and social systems available. b) Culture can influence mean levels of personality and values about the various personality traits. c) Culture defines context and provides differential meaning to the components of context. d) The basic tendencies representing the universal personality traits are culturally variable.
What words are most descriptive of the social cognitive approach?
a. id, ego, superego b. freedom, Electra complex, OCEAN c. trait, self-efficacy, unconscious motivation d. cognitive-personal factors, behaviors, environmental factors
Which of the following is the most relevant question regarding susceptibility to suggestion?
a. Are children more susceptible to suggestion than adults? b. Are children appreciably more susceptible to suggestion than adults? c. At about what age do children become unsusceptible to suggestion? d. What might cause susceptibility to suggestion in adults and children?