Ellie had a right hemisphere stroke. During her rehabilitation period, her family and the hospital staff noticed that she placed all articles on the right side of the dresser and did not notice an article if it was placed on the left side until it was brought to her attention. Even when eating, she tended to eat the food items on the right side of the plate before she even noticed food items on

Personality traits may have crystallized into a personality disorder when the individual

a. cannot adapt his or her characteristic approach to the world when necessary. b. has maladaptive behavior but can alter it when needed. c. changes behavior to adapt to varying settings and situations. d. has transient episodes of eccentric behavior.

Lorenzo is shown two round balls of clay equal in size. He watches as the experimenter rolls one ball into a long sausage shape and asks which of the shapes has more clay. If Lorenzo is in Piaget's concrete operations stage he will reply, ____

a. "the long one" b. "they are both the same" c. "the ball" d. "I can't tell"