The psychological process of adapting to, coping with, and managing the problems, challenges, and demands of everyday life is called __________
a. cognitive dissonance
b. assimilation
c. adjustment
d. introspection
c
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A) It hinders the discharge of adrenaline. B) It increases appetite. C) It stimulates the release of neurotransmitters. D) It reduces the metabolic rate.
The key thinking process Inhelder and Piaget observed in the pendulum task among adolescents was ________________
a. combining variables b. coordinating theory with evidence c. isolating variables d. making accurate observations of the pendulum’s swinging rate
George begins to project his anxieties and unresolved feelings about his mother onto his therapist. This is what Sigmund Freud would have called ____________
A) free association B) resistance C) transference D) working through
Some Neo-Piagetian theorists argue that the development of operational thinking can best be understood in terms of
A) a sudden shift to a new developmental stage. B) a gradual mastery of logical concepts as children age. C) expansion of information-processing capacity. D) children's interaction with adults and more skilled social models.