Which statement accurately reflects the findings of follow-up research on preoperational thought?
A) Piagetian problems contained too many familiar elements.
B) Piaget correctly determined that preschoolers are cognitively deficient.
C) Piaget missed many naturally occurring instances of effective reasoning by preschoolers.
D) Preschoolers rarely think that magic accounts for events they otherwise cannot explain.
Answer: C
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If Heinz believes that stealing the drug is worse than letting his wife die, then he shouldn't steal the drug. People have to make sacrifices for what they think is right. This type of moral reasoning is typical of which stage?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
Which of the following is not an indicator of discrimination?
a. believing that baby-faced men are harmless b. declining to allow a girl into an auto repair course in high school c. signing a petition to keep a minority group out of the neighborhood d. hiring a thin candidate rather than an obese one with the same credentials
It has been estimated that psychological disorders may improve on their own as much as:
a. 5 percent of the time b. 10 percent of the time c. 20 percent of the time d. 30 percent of the time
Which is not a Piagetian-based implication for teaching?
A. Teachers should provide answers rather than letting students find them on their own. B. The best teaching experiences are those slightly ahead of a child's current level of thinking. C. In order to promote learning, teachers should provide materials with which students can make their own discoveries. D. Letting students make mistakes is okay, as cognitive development tends to occur when children become aware of errors in their own thinking.