You have been a life-long smoker, but you quit at the end of last week because you know how damaging it is to your health and you do not want to be a bad influence on your son, who is a toddler
You walk into your son's room and find him acting like he is smoking with a crayon. According to Piaget, what is your son doing?
a. secondary circular reactions
b. deferred imitation
c. object permanence
d. action memory
B. Piaget would say that the son is engaging in deferred imitation, which is the ability to repeat actions observed at an earlier time.
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The structure that serves as a biological clock and controls human circadian rhythms is the:
A. heart with its pacemaker cells. B. pituitary gland. C. pineal gland. D. suprachiasmatic nucleus.
In the United States, does happiness differ for cohorts born at different times? a. No, on average happiness depends on age but not on cohort
b. Yes, people born long ago tended to be happier than more recent cohorts. c. Yes, more recent cohorts tend to be happier than people born long ago. d. Sort of. Happiness has increased and decreased for various cohorts with no overall trend.