Between ages 4 and 8, children's magical beliefs decline as they
A) gain familiarity with physical events and principles.
B) understand that television characters are not real.
C) begin to ascribe supernatural causes only to events they can explain.
D) become less likely to confuse fiction with reality.
Answer: A
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a. reaction formation b. fixation c. projection d. regression
Eric is a social psychologist who is respected in his field
However, his colleagues are often apprehensive of challenging Eric's strongly held ideas, even when they know that Eric's ideas are laden with errors, because Eric has been known to get upset when he has to question his assumptions. Eric struggles with maintaining the core value of a) skepticism. b) objectivity. c) open-mindedness. d) accuracy.