Discuss the use of symbols among adolescents.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Considerx,the primary algebraic symbol for variables. Children up to the age of 11 or 12 or so usually cannot fully understand the symbolic meaning of this concept, even if they can be taught the mechanics of solving forxin simple equations. But formal-operational children can grasp intuitively what is meant byx. Formal-operational children, or adolescents, can perform mental operations with symbols that stand for nothing in their own experience. These symbols include those used in geometry. Adolescents work with points that have no dimensions, lines that have no width and are infinite in length, and circles that are perfectly round, even though such things are not found in nature. The ability to manipulate these symbols will permit them to work in theoretical physics or math or to obtain jobs in engineering or architecture.
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What will be an ideal response?
Condillac felt that Locke:?
a. ?was too materialistic b. ?gave too much credit to innate morality c. ?gave the mind unnecessary innate powers d. ?over-emphasized the role of the senses