You are visiting your sister who has 4-year-old twins. They ask if they can have some milk and you are pouring it for them. One glass that you chose was tall and thin and the other was short and wide After you poured the milk your niece is very unhappy because you gave "more" milk to your nephew. You actually gave each of them the same amount, but your niece and nephew lack the mental ability to ____.

a. conserve
b. operate
c. center
d. tertiary operate

A. Conservation is the mental ability to understand that the quantity of a substance or material remains the same even if its appearance changes.

Psychology

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The longitudinal study conducted by Lewis Terman(1925) of approximately 1,500 children

with high IQ scores found a. children with high IQ scores were frequently ill. b. high IQ scores in childhood werepredictive of success in adulthood. c. children with high IQ scores generally had few friends. d. no conclusions could be made based on IQ scores.

Psychology

What are the four goals cited in your text that can be achieved by performing prosocial actions? Describe each goal and give an example of how each goal might lead one person to help another

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology