The psychological study of personality involves all of the following EXCEPT

You are reading a newsletter that summarizes the conclusions of a large number of studies in psychology. Which of the following is the most likely summary of research on the influence of heredity and environment on intelligence?

a) The environment is the primary factor in intelligence; heredity plays a trivial role. b) Heredity establishes a range of intelligence scores; where a person falls in that range depends on environmental factors. c) Heredity is the principal determinant of intelligence as evidenced by a heritability that is virtually the same as that for height. d) Despite years of investigation, researchers have not been able to disentangle the influences of heredity and the environment except in cases of abnormality.

Baby Luke is playing with a bouncing ball in his playpen, and accidentally the ball bounces out of the playpen and rolls under a nearby chair

Luke tries to get his mother to retrieve his ball by pointing in the direction of where the ball went under the chair. Piaget would say this is an example of __________. a) mental manipulation b) attention c) mental representation d) scheme