Five-year-old Randy is in preschool, and his teacher is showing him how to use a pair of children's scissors to cut paper

Randy tries to show his independence and ability to use the scissors without assistance and says to his teacher, "Let me." Erikson would say that Randy is demonstrating what stage of development?

a) Individualistic orientation
b) Psychosocial development
c) Initiative versus guilt
d) Self-concept

Answer: c

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A recent review of studies on ESP using the Ganzfeld procedure concluded that __________

a) no convincing evidence for psychic ability had emerged from any of the studies. b) no convincing evidence for psychic ability had emerged from the majority of studies. c) convincing evidence for psychic ability had been found in the majority of studies. d) convincing evidence for psychic ability had been found in virtually all studies.

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When learning an ordered list of words, which items will be remembered well because these items are still in short-term memory when you try to remember them?

a. first items b. middle items c. last items d. none of these items

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