One reason Piagetian problems do not always elicit responses reflecting preschoolers' true cognitive abilities is that they contain
A) too many familiar elements.
B) unfamiliar elements or too many pieces of information.
C) an insufficient amount of information for the young child to process.
D) too many real-world examples.
B
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Which of the following students provides the most accurate description of the "good enough approach" to language comprehension?
a. Madison: "People process language in a very cautious fashion, so that we can create meaning that is highly accurate." b. Mary Beth: "A large portion of language is ambiguous; we therefore struggle to interpret these ambiguities, until our comprehension is complete." c. Zachary: "English has so many irregular pronunciations that it is difficult to read at a level that is highly accurate." d. Ilia: "People typically process only part of a sentence, and this strategy typically works well, but not perfectly."
Which of the following statements about language production is correct?
a. Roughly the same amount of research has been conducted on language comprehension and language production. b. It is easier to conduct research on language comprehension than on language production. c. During the past decade, psychologists have grown even less interested in language production than in previous years. d. There is much more research on written language production than on spoken language production.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
A theory-driven hypothesis involves inductive reasoning in that a researcher is taking a general statement about behavior (the theory) and making a specific prediction (the hypothesis) about the study from this general statement.
Peter, who uses PCP, sees "flaky black smoke falling from the ceiling.". Peter is experiencing a
a. visual hallucination. b. visual illusion. c. perceptual reconstruction. d. sane hallucination.