In the conservation task, asking children whether both beakers have the same amount of water and to watch the pouring carefully may result in
a. children becoming confused by the task.
b. children understanding conservation before they are 7 years old.
c. children expecting a change in the amounts.
d. an increased number of incorrect answers to the task.
c
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a. "You will reduce your risk of stroke and coronary heart disease to normal within 5 years of quitting smoking, so give up the cigarettes!" b. "Well there's really no way to know if it would help, but you'd sure smell a lot better if you gave up the cigarettes!" c. "Actually, within one year of quitting cigarettes your lungs regain their normal ability to move out mucus!" d. "That's probably correct, so just keep smoking. What is most important now is that you avoid putting second-hand smoke into others' lungs.".
For Titchener, the ____ of psychology involved a search for the neurological correlates of mental events.?
a. ?what b. ?how c. ?why d. ?when
Moderate amounts of hormones released by the adrenal glands during stress and emotional arousal tend to:
a. enhance memory. b. produce tip-of-the-tongue states. c. cause retroactive interference. d. lead to motivated forgetting.
Sierra believes that developmental change is primarily influenced by one's environment. How might Sierra explain an individual's propensity for artistic expression?
A. An individual's propensity for artistic expression is hereditary. B. An individual's propensity for artistic expression is a natural part of aging. C. An individual's propensity for artistic expression is evolutionary. D. An individual's propensity for artistic expression is inspired by creative parents.