Which of the following statements regarding the kinds of information children learn from interaction with the environment during the sensorimotor stage is FALSE?
A) Children may learn about the object's surface texture and weight.
B) Children may learn about how an object can be manipulated.
C) Children may learn about the sounds an object makes.
D) Children may learn about how one object compares to another.
D
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a. ?No inland body of water would hold such a vessel. b. ?Because the attitude of positivism allowed for no supernatural explanations. c. ?The giraffe's neck had become too long after generations of having to reach for higher and higher branches to find food. d. ?Galton's work in statistics showed that it was mathematically impossible. e. ?There were too many identified species to fit two of each into a boat.
If a person believes in "general intelligence," then he or she believes that a. some people are smart, no matter the situation, task, or problem. b. whether people are smart depends on the situation, task, or problem
c. intelligence cannot be assessed psychometrically. d. fourth-graders will be smarter than third-graders.
A person has fainted and collapsed on the sidewalk. Latané and Darley suggest that if the sidewalk is crowded, few people will even see the person due to
a. the dehumanizing effects of contemporary life. b. people naturally not wanting to get involved. c. most people's view of the person lying on the sidewalk being blocked by others. d. the widely-accepted norms against staring at others in public.
Which conclusion about the impact of audience variables is warranted by the current state of research??
a. ?The lower your self-esteem, the easier you are to persuade. b. ?The smarter you are, the harder you are to persuade. c. ?It is impossible to make blanket statements about the effect of each audience variable on persuasion. d. ?In all circumstances, positive mood will enhance one’s vulnerability to persuasion.