Little Erika picks up a spider, carries it to her mother, and asks, "Mommy, what is this little, soft, cuddly thing?" Little Erika's inability to recognize what the spider is or the potential danger of picking it up demonstrates that perception is ____.?
a. ?knowledge-based
b. ?inferential
c. ?categorical
d. ?non-adaptive
ANSWER:
a
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a. in a slow, continuous way from childhood to adulthood. b. in an orderly sequence, or series of stages. c. primarily by age 7, after which no new cognitive development occurs. d. through a developmental sequence that varies greatly for each child.
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