Ten-year-old Doug's aunt poured some soda for him into a tall thin glass. Doug complained
and said that she was giving him a small amountof soda. His aunt mentioned how high the
level of the soda was.
Doug agreed but then he said that the width of the glass was so small that
it decreased the amount of the height. Which one of the following mental processes is Doug
demonstrating?
a. Figurative thought
b. Reversibility
c. Inductive reasoning
d. Decentration
d. Decentration
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a. interference b. blink c. refractory d. bump
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a. paralysis of voluntary muscles b. increased heart rate c. deepest stage of sleep d. increased body temperature