Three-year-old Dominic calls his toy robot Sam and talks to him as if Sam is another 3-year-old. What explanation do researchers give for Dominic's behavior?
A) Dominic actually believes that the robot is alive.
B) Dominic believes that all people and objects think the same thoughts that he thinks.
C) Dominic cannot distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.
D) Dominic has incomplete knowledge about certain objects, including his toy robot.
D
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Which theory explains that emotions cause innately programmed changes in facial expressions with these sensations from the face providing cues to the brain that help us determine what emotion we are feeling?
a. facial arousal theory b. facial attribution theory c. facial feedback hypothesis d. Cannon-Bard hypothesis
A depressed client is seeing a therapist who uses Beck's cognitive therapy. Which of the following is the therapist LEAST likely to do during treatment?
a. Identify automatic thoughts that precede a depressed mood and challenge their validity. b. Schedule activities to counteract the periods of inactivity that may cause one to focus on depressive feelings. c. Help the client search for alternative solutions to problems rather than resigning to defeat. d. Teach the client relaxation skills and move through a hierarchy of symptoms of physical tension.