Kochanska and Her Colleagues Probably Chose to Study Toddlers' Compliance

question 79

Multiple Choice

Kochanska and her colleagues probably chose to study toddlers' compliance with their mothers' requests with the methodology they used because

• A)children tend to feel most comfortable in their own homes.
• B)they wanted all children to be exposed to identical situations.
• C)they were interested in children's subjective experiences of the event.
• D)of all of these factors.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or at the end.

First Impressions

The initial thoughts or judgments formed about someone or something upon meeting or encountering them for the first time, often determining subsequent interactions.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented information better than information presented earlier.

Attribution Theory

A concept in social psychology focused on how individuals interpret events and how this relates to their thinking and behavior, specifically how they attribute causes to successes and failures.