Fourteen-year-old Jennifer displays systematic thinking when going about problem solving and will form a hypothesis to test her ideas. According to Piaget, Jennifer has entered the formal operational stage of cognitive development
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Approximately what percent of American adults would be classified as obese according to the BMI standards?
a. 16 c. 57 b. 35 d. 66
A psychologist collects data from a large number of people. She places each person on a continuum ranging from high to low conscientiousness and makes predictions about how people in the high range will act compared to those in the low range. This psychologist is using which approach to understanding personality?
A. Type approach B. Nomothetic approach C. Idiographic approach D. Common trait approach
Marian is a college freshman who is so self-critical of herself that she feels like she is a failure when she makes a B on an assignment rather than her usual A. She is so terrified of making mistakes that she kept rewriting an essay during class so many times that she did not finish it. Marian is now worried "sick" that she will make a "bad" grade on this essay. According to your textbook,
Marian would best be described having a. a low score on neuroticism. b. severe test anxiety. c. maladaptive perfectionism. d. the "freshman college jitters.".
Developmental changes during childhood tend to occur:
A) in cross-sections. B) in stages. C) gradually or continuously. D) longitudinally.