According to Piaget, not everyone reaches the stage of formal operations. However, most of those who do, achieve formal operational thought by

One main reason why social psychologists may elect to use deception in their studies is that it

a. allows for stronger p-values to occur. b. creates a situation in which participants experience contrived events as though they were real. c. ensures that all participants in an experiment are treated equally. d. can be easier to deceive naïve participants than to tell the truth and provide a complex explanation.

________ refers to the process of looking inward and examining our thoughts, feelings, and motives

a. Self-actualization b. Introspection c. Implicit personality d. Self-examination