Piaget thought that the repetition of a chance motor event that helps the baby start building cognitive schemes is a process called __________

a) first habits
b) assimilation
c) circular reaction
d) accommodation

Answer: c

Psychology

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Tricia is a graduate student who is interested in eating disorders. She overcame her anorexia nervosa at age 21. No one else in her family seems to have any issues with food. She was surprised to learn that several studies on eating disorders show that:

a. anorexia runs in families, but bulimia does not b. these disorders have no genetic basis c. these disorders clearly run in families d. relatives of test subjects do not have a higher risk for developing these disorders

Psychology

The _____________ suggests that you will do better on an exam when you are actively involved in taking notes during class and putting the lectures into your own words than on a test for which you were given the instructor's PowerPoint presentations

a. encoding specificity principle c. spacing effect b. generation effect d. engaged learning principle

Psychology