Young Jonah, only a bit over 2 years of age, has been fooled by his parents. In order to get him to willingly take a children's chewable vitamin every day, his parents have taught him that it is a "candy."
Now, whenever Jonah sees any product that is small and brightly colored, he says "Candy! YUMMM" and tries to put it into his mouth. Jonah's attempt to make new stimuli consistent with his existing mental structures is an example of __________.
a. assimilation
b. egocentrism
c. accommodation
d. centration
Answer: A
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a. both parents consistently reinforced him for being submissive b. the parents separated when he was young c. the mother had a serious mental condition d. both parents were shy and depressed
Infants a. cannot experience pain
b. don't react to pain-inducing stimuli. c. produce a distinct "pain cry.". d. are much more sensitive to pain than teenagers.
Walter has been working at his computer for the past 2 hours and the hum that he found so annoying when he started no longer bothers him. The change in Walter's sensitivity to the noise from the computer illustrates the principle of:
a. sensory adaptation b. perceptual invariance c. perceptual assimilation d. changing difference thresholds
The tendency to desire and seek out positive outcomes and avoid negative ones would best be considered a(n) ____
a. ?emotion b. ?thought c. ?motive d. ?instinct