A researcher is interested in how fussy babies get after spending time in a special machine she built. She asks two research assistants to rate the fussiness of each baby in the study. The two research assistants agree almost all of the time, giving her confidence about the _________ of the study.

Adolescents and many young adults are confined to formal operations and do not possess post-formal operational thought because, according to Gisela Labouvie-Vief, they lack ____

the better coordination of sensory input with motor skills || the disappearance of egocentric thought and animism. || a greater recognition and incorporation of practical limitations to logical thinking || a greater use of hypothetical and inductive reasoning for concrete problems || || ||

Which of the following is true of those with a high sense of coherence?

a. they see the world as comprehensible and sensible b. they see the world as unmanageable c. they see the world as meaningless d. they see the world as unpredictable e. they see the world as threatening and incomprehensible