Children are more capable at an earlier age than Piaget's account would lead us to believe. Piaget underestimated children's cognitive abilities because he
a. used language that the children could readily understand.
b. designed tasks that children found fun and inviting.
c. tended to concentrate on children's deficiencies instead of their competencies.
d. made careful observations of children's behavior.
c
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Roman is a loner. He lives in a cabin in the woods with no running water or electricity. While he manages to survive this way, living so far from the closest city makes it very hard for him to get and keep gainful employment. He is often unhappy with his situation, yet feels that he can do nothing to change it and has lived this way for years. Roman's behavior may be considered all but which of the following?
a.) deviant b.) dysfunctional c.) dangerous d.) distressful
What was Wilhelm Wundt's major contribution to the discipline of psychology?
a) He wrote psychology's ethics code. b) He founded the first psychological laboratory. c) He created the first diagnostic categories of psychological disorders. d) He showed how statistics could be used to analyze psychological research.