Dewanto hears what sounds like gunshots coming from the school parking lot. None of his classmates appears concerned, so Dewanto assumes that they know the sound was only a car backfiring or someone playing with firecrackers. Dewanto's beliefs illustrate
a. diffusion of responsibility.
b. empathic concern.
c. audience inhibition.
d. pluralistic ignorance.
d
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a. interpreting the hidden meaning of words b. recognizing concepts in sentences c. breaking a word into parts rapidly enough to read the whole word d. errors in sequence of words and spelling
Mark and Tracy are close friends from second grade. They share their feelings with each other, but they lack passion or commitment. According to Robert Sternberg's triangular model of love, Mark and Tracy's love is a form of _____
A) empty love B) infatuation C) liking D) fatuous love
According to L. L. Thurstone, intelligence should be conceptualized as ____________________ primary mental abilities
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Mohammed, a high school exchange student, has just arrived from Malaysia to live with
his host family in California. Mohammed attends a varsity volleyball game at his new school. At first, he seems puzzled about the rules of the game. However, as it progresses, he smiles and says, "This game is just like sepak takaru back home, only we play it with a ball made from bamboo and we can use our head and feet to volley the ball back and forth across the net." Mohammed's ability to adjust or modify his scheme of volleyball to fit his scheme of sepak takaru, is an example of a. adaptation. b. accommodation. c. equilibration. d. assimilation.