Understanding of metaphors and geometry requires ____________________ thinking

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formal operational (abstract)

Psychology

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Behavior becomes more likely or less likely depending on its consequences. Which of the following statements supports this argument from the perspective of operant conditioning?

Psychology

When an organism uses insight, it

A. forms associations between actions and consequences. B. watches the actions of others. C. learns that two stimuli usually tend to occur together. D. thinks through possibilities, and then reaches a sudden understanding.

Psychology

By the beginning of early childhood, children's categories include objects that go together because of their common function, behavior, or natural kind. These findings challenge Piaget's assumption that

A) preschoolers' thinking is wholly governed by perceptual appearances. B) the emergence of language brings about representational ability. C) preschoolers have difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality. D) transitive inference emerges during the concrete operational stage.

Psychology

Dopaminergic neurons activate when the value of a reward that occurs ______.

A. is expected B. is less than expected C. is more than expected D. is more frequent than not

Psychology