Which of the following statements about Piaget's concrete operational stage is TRUE?
A. It encompasses the ability to think in an abstract manner.
B. It lasts from birth to about 2 years of age.
C. Children can perform operations that involve developing hypotheses.
D. It lasts from approximately 7 to 11 years of age.
Answer: D
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a. stages that are characterized by fundamentally different thought processes. b. increases in the quantity, but not the quality, of knowledge with age. c. passive reception of environmental stimuli. d. age-related changes in attention and memory.
What is the role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in circadian rhythms? a. Its neurons generate a 24-hour rhythm by themselves
b. Its neurons can reset the biological clock, but they do not generate it. c. It relays visual information to the biological clock. d. It relays information from the biological clock to areas that control temperature and activity.
Which statement is NOT a reason that Walter Cannon and Philip Bard disagreed with the James–Lange theory?
A) The reaction of bodily responses is too slow to account for the rapid onset of emotional experience. B) We often have trouble detecting differences in our own bodily responses, so we are not likely to experience these changes as emotion. C) Because nonemotional stimuli can also trigger bodily responses, we should additionally feel emotions when we have a fever. D) Emotions may occur in the absence of physiological arousal, so emotions should be felt continuously.
What is the moral or take-home message of Solomon Asch's series of experiments in which participants were asked to judge the lengths of lines?
A) People will go to great lengths to please people on whom they depend. B) People will go to great lengths to fit in with others. C) People will go to great lengths to assert their independence. D) People will go to great lengths to convince others of their points of view.