Which child would probably do best staying home alone after school for a limited time?
A. Jessica, who is 7 years old and knows how to dial 911
B. Tommy, who is 9 years old, but not very responsible
C. Madeline, who is 12 years old and has been prepared for self-care by her parents
D. Vanessa, who is 14 years old, but is scared to stay home alone
C. Madeline, who is 12 years old and has been prepared for self-care by her parents
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A) sensory deprivation. B) selective attention. C) the phi phenomenon. D) convergence. E) visual capture.
A researcher gives a child a deceiving contents task in which the child is asked about a crayon box with chocolates inside. From taking Psych 101 you know that the purpose of this task was most likely to measure whether the child understands:
a. object permanence well enough to make inferences about object location in the absence of visual cues b. that minds are representational and are capable of holding false beliefs c. that encoding strategies can be used to improve memory retrieval d. that intentional deception but not honest mistakes tend to undermine trust