Little Benjamin is taken for a drive in the country. He sees his first live horse in a field,
points, and calls out, "Horse!" Benjamin has already seen horses on television and even has a stuffed toy horse. In this case, he adds this new experience to his existing concept of horse. Piaget would say that Benjamin is using
a. assimilation.
b. accommodation.
c. conservation.
d. object permanence.
ANSWER: a
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a. If he doesn't show improvement in another 12 hours, a different kind of medication should be tried. b. Patients usually don't begin responding to antipsychotic drugs for at least a few days. c. He may have been misdiagnosed as schizophrenic. d. Early changes due to antipsychotic medication are usually not apparent to nonprofessionals, who are unfamiliar with the signs of improvement.
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a. still own their home. b. have grandchildren. c. are socially and physically active. d. are over age 90.
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a. We can learn a lot about humans and other animals through an objective, third-person point of view. b. We cannot directly know the first-person experience of animals. c. We cannot know the first-person experience of other persons. d. The difficulty of knowing other minds is why introspection replaced behaviorism early in psychology's history.