List and describe at two different changes in a child's thought processes that occur during the last two stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive development
What will be an ideal response?
The textbook suggests that the development of mental operations, which are actions that are performed on objects or ideas to consistently yield a result, is a hallmark development associated with the concrete operational stage. A child's ability to understand reversibility is an indication of this development.
As a child gets to the formal operational stage, they will learn to draw conclusions from a set of facts. This is called deductive reasoning. It indicates a more sophisticated way of taking in and manipulating information and is usually seen in early adolescence.
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The primary difference between an EPSP and an action potential is that ____
a. the magnitude of an action potential decreases as it travels along the membrane b. EPSPs occur without sodium ions entering the cell c. action potentials are always hyperpolarizations d. EPSPs are subthreshold events that decay over time and space
Marco believes that it is very important to vote. He finds it difficult to find the time to vote on election day, but he does go to vote. Marco's belief about voting represents the ____ component of his attitude, and his presence at the polls represents the ____ component of his attitude
a. ?behavioral; cognitive b. ?affective; cognitive c. ?cognitive; behavioral d. ?affective; behavioral
In the last two years, Stevie has taken classes from three different professors, whose last name began with the letter W; and each time he made a poor grade in the class. Therefore, he only selects classes in which the professors' names do not begin with W's. Stevie's negative attitude and avoidance of professors whose last names begin with W's are due to which of the six ways of acquiring an attitude?
a. an interaction with others b. chance conditioning c. the mean worldview d. group prejudice
As children grow older, their discretionary income usually increases. The best conclusion to draw about the variables age and income are that they are
a. causally related b. uncorrelated c. negatively correlated d. positively correlated