According to Piaget, a stage-five sensorimotor baby is like a _____.
A. child in the "terrible twos"
B. mime who imitates behavior of all kinds
C. neurotic person who cannot take no for an answer
D. scientist who experiments to see what will happen
D. scientist who experiments to see what will happen
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Cross-cultural differences in the perception of nonverbal behavior are least prevalent in which of the following types of judgments?
a. evaluations of emotions and facial features b. interpretations of head-nodding and hand signals c. preference for personal space d. inferences drawn regarding eye contact
A psychologist observes the confrontation between two rival neighborhood gangs from the window of an abandoned building. This method of collecting observations is best described as
a. experimental regression. b. naturalistic observation. c. controlled experimentation. d. clinical case study.
Sandy Sue was participating in an experiment in which she was given a pill that was supposed to cause her to get drowsy. Five minutes after taking the pill, Sandy Sue reported that she felt drowsy and wanted to lie down
The pill was actually made of sugar and had no ingredients to cause drowsiness. How do you explain Sandy Sue's drowsy feeling? a) experimenter effect b) placebo effect c) subject bias d) treatment effect
From the experiment with the pendulum clock (thought meter), Wundt concluded that:?
a. ?experimental psychology was not feasible b. ?attention is involuntary c. ?time is a dimension to be studied d. ?experimental psychology must stress selective attention