According to Piaget, children are born with a sucking reflex. This reflex must be adapted to the
environment for the child to gain nutrition.
Shortly after birth when presented with a bottle
the child attempts to suck with the in-born sucking reflex. According to Piaget, this is an
example of which of the following processes?
a. Assimilation
b. Accommodation
c. Equilibration
d. Modeling
a. Assimilation
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Chapter 4 Refer to the research study described on pages 97 - 99 of your textbook to answer the following question. Can you think of an example from your own life where direct eye gaze captured your attention? How does that situation relate to the procedure used in the following study?
What will be an ideal response?
A personality trait may become a personality disorder when
A. Its symptoms can be quantified B. It becomes a dramatic, acute illness C. It becomes inflexible and maladaptive D. It does not reflex a person's typical behavior.
Both __________ and __________ emphasize many possible courses of development.
A. the psychoanalytic perspective; ethology B. ethology; ecological systems theory C. cognitive-developmental theory; behaviorism D. behaviorism; Vygotsky's sociocultural theory
Physical health is related to all of these Big Five dimensions EXCEPT:
A) neuroticism. B) conscientiousness. C) agreeableness. D) openness.