Piaget's classic "pendulum problem" was used to assess adolescents'
A) egocentrism.
B) deductive reasoning skills.
C) level of concrete operations.
D) intuitive thinking ability.
B) deductive reasoning skills. Hypothetico-deductive reasoning is the use of deductive reasoning (reasoning from general principles to particular conclusions) to systematically manipulate several variables, test hypotheses about their effects in a systematic way, and reach correct conclusions.
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To encourage healthy thinking, cognitive psychologists suggest avoiding five cognitive traps. Which of the following is NOT suggested?
a) avoid setting unrealistic standards for yourself b) avoid negative "should be" thinking, such as "things should always be my way" c) avoid turning a single event into a catastrophe d) avoid judging anything short of perfection to be a failure
One of the reasons it is difficult to know if a disruption in the serotonin system causes eating disorders is
a. research has not supported the theory. b. people with eating disorders often have depression as well. c. serotonin doesn't seem to have anything to do with appetite or eating behaviors. d. after recovery from eating disorders, serotonin levels don't change.