As a first-grade teacher reads a book about penguins in Antarctica, she points to Antarctica on a globe. Six-year-old John seems really puzzled. "How come they don't fall off the earth?" he asks. From Piaget's perspective, John can best be described as:
a. Experiencing disequilibrium
b. Have difficulty with conservation
c. Having difficulty with class inclusion
d. Accommodating when he should be assimilating
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. by the mother to describe the amount of pain she is experiencing during labor. B. by the doctor to assess the ease or difficulty of the delivery. C. to assess the overall condition of a newborn at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth. D. by the parents to describe the quality of their transition to parenthood.
One characteristic common to all behaviorist theories of development is an emphasis on:
a. The effect of the environment on development b. The negative emotional repercussions of punishment c. The importance of each and every event in a person's life d. How one learns by observing the actions of others
Visual sensory memory is assumed to hold
a. seven pieces of information for less than one second b. hundreds of pieces of information for less than one second c. seven pieces of information for up to one minute d. hundreds of pieces of information for up to one minute