Ayoung man you know has been written up in the newspaper as one of the wealthiest, most successful entrepreneurs in your part of the county. whenever you see him you talk about his business ventures. whenever you think about him you fantasize about his material success. one day you learn that the young man is active in community organizations that serve mentally challenged youth and their parents. his work with children with special needs consumes most of his weekends and a substantial part of his fortune. you had forgotten in fact, that this man has a son with special needs of his own. the characteristic of preoperational thought that is evident in your behavior is:

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? a researcher conducts a comparison of the comments made in a publicly available blog and the blogger's comments on a similar topic in a weekly magazine. undergraduate students in a field methods class are assigned a research question and asked to interview another classmate, to be followed by a class discussion on interview techniques. a cognitive psychologist enrolls undergraduate students for a computer-based study about the effect of mood on problem-solving behaviors. a researcher sets up a meeting with the superintendent of a large and diverse public school system to get data about the ethnic composition of the school system and the number of students receiving free lunches.