Professor Woo studies infants. The goal of her research is to demonstrate that infants have the ability to understand rudimentary forms of mathematics (e.g., the addition and subtraction of small numbers of objects)
Professor Woo most likely subscribes to which of the following perspectives?
a. associationist perspective
b. constructivist perspective
c. competent-infant perspective
d. information-processing perspective
C
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Dr. Diehl and Dr. Jzreck both study aggression. However, Dr. Diehl studies the topic from the standpoint of society at large; Dr. Jrzeck studies it from the standpoint of the individual. Who is most likely to be the social psychologist?
a. Dr. Diehl, because she studies a societal problem. b. Dr. Jzreck, because he studies individuals as his focus. c. They could both be social psychologists, since they both study aggression. d. Neither one is a social psychologist.
When Monique plays checkers with her younger sister, she lets her sister win. When she plays with her older brother, she does everything she can to beat him. A social psychologist would suggest that
a. Monique's personality is unstable. b. Monique is ambivalent in how she feels about her siblings. c. Monique is responding to different social situations. d. Monique is blindly obedient to the rules of the game.