Although 8-year-old Claire can easily arrange sticks of differing lengths from shortest to tallest, she cannot solve the following problem: "Jack is taller than Sam, and Sam is taller than Max
Who is the tallest?" This is because Claire's concrete mental operations work poorly with
A) abstract ideas.
B) logical constructs.
C) everyday decision making.
D) organized thoughts.
A
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
As reported in the textbook, research demonstrating a genetic influence on a person's level of extraversion-introversion comes primarily from research
A. using the twin-study method. B. comparing adopted children and biological children to their parents. C. comparing strength of relationship with similarity of personality scores. D. comparing adopted children's personalities with the personalities of their biological parents.
Most taste sensations are sent to ____
a. ?the somatosensory cortex b. ?the substantia nigra c. ?the taste cortex d. ?Broca’s area
The primitive reflexes are similar because each of them
a. shows the downward evolutionary degradation of the human species. b. triggers specific actions that are needed for survival. c. withers away during the first months following birth. d. strengthens with each month of postnatal maturity.