Suppose that someone asks you to name the most popular television situation comedies, and you respond with the names of two shows that you regularly watch. This would be an example of

In solving a real-life problem, Ben takes into account his subjective feelings and personal experience. Developmentalists refer to this as

postformal thought. formal thought. an absolutist approach. hypothetical deductive reasoning.

Dr. Patel is a school psychologist who has noticed that a 5th grade student has recently begun to misbehave and fall behind academically. He decides there must be a reason for the student's sudden problems and decides to try to figure out what it is

Dr. Patel's belief that the student's behavior is the result of some unknown cause is an example of A) determinism. B) parsimony. C) skepticism. D) empiricism.