According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object's amount is known as ___________

a) object permanence
b) conservation
c) assimilation
d) reversibility

ANS: B

Psychology

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At the end of the journey, the boss gets off the train at a terminal. The content of this dream, as related by the client to the therapist, is what Freud called its _____. A) primary content B) manifest content C) secondary content D) latent content

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Which of the following is the appropriate definition of psychosurgery?

a) information given to a patient about a surgical procedure before the surgery in order to prevent anxiety b) surgery that is performed on brain tissue to relieve or control severe psychological disorders c) surgery that severs the spinal cord of the patient d) a procedure in which a brief current of electricity is used to trigger a seizure that typically lasts one minute, causing the body to convulse

Psychology