Both children and adults are more likely to recognize an analogy between two problems when ___
a. superficial and deep characteristics are similar across problems
b. the procedures used to solve the problems are similar
c. they have encountered problems with the same solution principle in the past
d. all of the above
D
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The child's developing cognitive ability in middle childhood leads to
a. increased acting out. b. more critical appraisals of parents. c. being more demanding of friends. d. being more obedient in school.
According to the place theory of pitch perception, pitch is partially determined by:
a. the frequency of neural impulses traveling along the auditory pathways b. the location in the cerebral cortex where the sound is decoded c. how often the same sound has been encountered in the past d. the location of the activated hair cells on the basilar membrane
If the points on a scatterplot are spread all over the graph, this would suggest that the two variables depicted are:
a. normally distributed. b. positively correlated. c. strongly related. d. not correlated.
Devin holds the viewpoint that a female physician will not be as effective as a male physician because females are too emotional in nature. Devin's way of thinking about this situation can best be described as
A) prejudiced. B) ethnoracial. C) an example of poor cognition. D) discriminatory.