Suppose you conducted a survey of older Americans. If your results mirrored those of a study reported in the text, you would find that most older adults:
a. believe that they are among the "lucky few" older adults to be in a favorable economic and social position
b. are actually considerably worse off economically than they perceive themselves to be
c. have considerably poorer health than they perceive themselves to have
d. have much poorer memory abilities than they think they do
a
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What is good advice for someone interviewing a young child about possible child abuse? a. Ask specific questions such as "Did he touch you under your clothing?" b. Have a different interviewer talk with the child at a later time
c. Encourage the child to compare memories with other abused children. d. Encourage the child to act out what happened with a doll.
Which memory is used for physical actions?
A. Long-term memory B. Procedural memory C. Episodic memory D. Semantic memory
A cartoon shows a child talking on the telephone to grandma. The child holds up a drawing she made and says, "Look what I drew!" What concept described by Jean Piaget is illustrated in this cartoon?
a) egocentrism b) conservation c) assimilation d) object permanence
Trevor is trying to solve an open-ended physics problem
First, he first gathers all of the necessary information before he tackles the problem. Once that part is complete, he tries to come up with different ways to solve the problem. After about 45 minutes of working on the problem and coming up empty-handed, he decides to go for a nice long walk with his dog. About 20 minutes later, just as he approaches his apartment, he gets an idea of how he might solve the problem. He runs inside and applies his idea to the problem. Finally, the physics problem is solved. In which part of the scenario did Trevor experience incubation? a) when he got an idea to solve the problem as he was approaching his apartment b) when he went to walk his dog c) when he applied his idea to the problem d) when he gathered all of the necessary information