Bob is shorter than Mary. Mary is shorter than Lisa. Which cognitive ability would Piaget say is required to understand that Bob is shorter than Lisa?
A. Conservation
B. Inductive reasoning
C. Seriation
D. Transitive inference
Answer: D
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a. incorporating common stimuli in training b. teaching a range of functionally equivalent responses c. incorporating a wide range of stimulus situations in training d. reinforcing instances of generalization
According to folk wisdom in Nyinba, Nepal, the sex of a baby is a girl if the mother ____
a. craves spicy foods c. is grumpy with women b. puts her left foot first crossing the threshold d. dreams of a head kerchief
The English Civil Wars affected English, Ireland, and ____ nearly simultaneously
a. Scotland c. France b. Wales d. Holland
What is happening when labor has begun but is taking longer than normal?
Failure to progress Problematic labor The presence of multiple fetuses A likely birth defect in the fetus