Piaget's term for a young child's inability to take another person's perspective is _____.

What will be an ideal response?


egocentrism

Psychology

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The textbook authors conclude that ____

a. the costs of gun ownership outweigh the benefits b. the benefits of gun ownership outweigh the costs c. the costs and benefits of gun ownership are roughly equal d. for females, it is beneficial to own a gun, but for males, it increases the risk for aggression

Psychology

In the Kaufman and Rock (1972) moon illusion example in the text, they hypothesized that there would be no moon illusion in their experiment. Experiments of this type pose problems for researchers because

a. you cannot logically prove the null hypothesis to be true. b. the null hypothesis is obviously true. c. rejecting the null hypothesis would mean that Kaufman and Rock were wrong. d. the null hypothesis is obviously false.

Psychology

Which of the following is a defensive attribution?

a. ?correspondence bias b. ?just-world belief c. ?situational attribution d. ?dispositional attribution

Psychology

The lock-and-key theory proposes that ____ are stimulated by ____, much like neurotransmitters that fit into receptor sites on the post-synaptic neuron

a. ?olfactory receptors; odor molecules b. ?taste buds; flavors c. ?touch receptors; touch d. ?hair cells; sounds

Psychology