On Christmas morning, three-year-old Billy opens one of his gifts from his mother and finds a new sweater

Disappointed that it is not a toy, Billy frowns and throws the sweater aside in front of his mother with no regard for her feelings. Billy is demonstrating __________.

a) centration
b) egocentric thought
c) conservation
d) intuitive thought

Answer: b

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a. Karen Horney c. Carl Jung

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By the mid-1950s, the population in American mental hospitals had risen to about ______

a. 250,000 c. 750,000 b. 500,000 d. 1,000,000

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