When Matthew saw his older brother's bicycle fall off its kick stand, Matthew told his brother that the bicycle must be tired from being ridden too much. Matthew's statement illustrates the type of thinking that Piaget referred to as

a. centration.
b. animism.
c. preformal operations.
d. conservation.


B

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a. the hypothalamus of homosexual and heterosexual men did not differ. b. the hypothalamus of men who died of AIDS differed from that of men who did not have AIDS. c. the hypothalamus of homosexual men was similar in many respects to that of heterosexual women. d. differences in the hypothalamus were more pronounced for homosexual and heterosexual men than they werebetween homosexual and heterosexual women.

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Dr. Lund stages a fire drill at the elementary school in order to study how children respond to potential emergency situations. Dr. Lund's method would best be described as a(n) a. structured observation. b. naturalistic observation. c. self-report

d. experiment.

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A type of reinforcer in which the reward is attention or approval from others is called a __________ reinforcer

a. primary b. social c. token d. cognitive

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Which of the following is an anxiety disorder?

a) bipolar disorder b) conversion disorder c) a specific phobia d) schizophrenia

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