According to Piaget, __________ is the process by which people understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking
a) assimilation
b) accommodation
c) tolerance
d) self-awareness
Answer: a
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Participants in a study of decision making were asked to rate a particular financial solution for solving a dispute with a neighbor. Half of the participants rated the favorability of a solution in which they would receive $600 and their neighbor would receive $800; the other half of participants rated a solution in which each received $500 . Which option was most favorably rated?
a. The option that paid them $600 and their neighbor $800was higher rated. b. The option that paid both their neighbor and themselves $500 was rated higher. c. The option that paid them $600 and their neighbor $800 received the highest percentage of "highly favorable" ratings but also received the highest percentage of "highly unfavorable" ratings. d. There was no difference in the favorability ratings for the two options.
Recent findings suggest that the use of blended sentences may be ineffective as about ____________ of juveniles who were released early and did not complete their sentence in adult prisons were later rearrested
A. 25% B. 45% C. 50% D. 65%
The fact that FaceBook, YouTube, and other recent developments in digital media and communication were first adopted by adolescents and young adults suggests that American culture is becoming more
A) bicultural. B) prefigurative. C) collectivistic. D) individualistic.
According to the text, the college or university experience for many Japanese students can be best described as ____
a. "four years of university-sanctioned leisure to think and explore" b. "four years of university-mandated grueling hard work" c. "four years of commitment and dedication to professional job training" d. "four years of university-required coursework to pass his or her professional job training exams"