When Jared tries to solve the conservation of liquid task, he focuses only on the height of the water in the glass and ignores all other information that could help solve the problem. According to Piaget, Jared's error in solving the conservation task is a result of __________.

A. centration
B. egocentrism
C. pretend play
D. dual representation


Answer: A

Psychology

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a. ?stereotype vulnerability b. ?discrimination c. ?stereotype threat d. ?prejudicial performance

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A) Describe the order in which light passes through the eye. Be sure to identify each of the parts of the eye and their functions. b) Describe how the sense receptors receive light in the retina and how sensory information gets sent to the brain

What will be an ideal response?

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Both Piaget and Kohlberg believed that children's moral reasoning undergoes the same cognitive developmental pattern around that world and:

a. is complete by age 12. b. develops in a continuous, rather than a stage-like, manner. c. is unrelated to their ability to take the perspective of another. d. reflects the values of the social and cultural setting in which the child is reared.

Psychology

Imagine you are watching the news, and you see there was a fire at a club you were planning to go to that same night. You realize that if you had not been too tired to go out, you might have been there. This is an example of ______.

A. counterfactual thinking B. hypothesis testing C. verification D. causal reasoning

Psychology