After a windy night, 5-year-old Tori notices a broken branch on a tree. She says "The tree is crying because its branch got broke." This is an example of

A) conservation.
B) artificialism.
C) animism.
D) private speech.


C) animism. The idea that inanimate objects have conscious life and feelings is animism.

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Archaeology and early writings indicate that the first people to think of the brain as the site of mental functions were the __________.

A. ancient Egyptians B. ancient Greeks C. Chinese D. Hebrews

Psychology

You're looking at a book entitled Your Autonomic Nervous System. One of the chapter titles is really confusing, based upon your knowledge of the autonomic nervous system. Which chapter seems to not fit your knowledge?

A. The Sympathetic Division: Activating in Times of Stress B. Relaxing with the Parasympathetic Division C. The Autonomic Nervous System: You CAN Control It All! D. The Somatic Nervous System: Part of The Peripheral Nervous System

Psychology

The sequence of steps that includes the image on the retina, changing the image into electrical signals, and neural processing is an example of _____ processing

a. bottom-up b. top-down c. sequential d. serial

Psychology