A study that assessed arithmetic calculations by unschooled 9- and 15-year-old Brazilian street vendors found that the children answered questions presented the way that they typically are in school correctly
a. 18% of the time. c. 64% of the time.
b. 37% of the time. d. 98% of the time.
B
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Which of the following represents the concept of sensory adaptation?
A. Martha begins to learn how to read lips as her sense of hearing starts failing. B. Blake no longer notices the smell of cleaner after being in the room for a few minutes. C. Joslin is able to see in her bedroom at night after her eyes adjust to the darkness. D. Juan has trouble with his depth perception when he has to wear an eyepatch after an eye injury.
Which of the following is a part of the brainstem?
a. Cerebral cortex b. Pons c. Thalamus d. Limbic system
Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of the way we understand the world are mental structures called _____________, organized patterns of functioning that adapt and change with mental development
a. schemes c. accommodation b. assimilation d. concepts
According to systems theory, groups take in external data, process the information, and then generate a response.
a. True b. False