A two-year-old child's family has a pet dog. The child visits the neighbor's house and sees their pet dog. Even though the neighbor's dog is larger and a different color the child points to it and says "dog.". Which of Piaget's processes does this demonstrate?

a. adaptation
b. accommodation
c. assimilation
d. acclamation


C

Psychology

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a. Venting b. Repressing—although there are long-term costs c. Getting rid of it d. Whichever approach the person believes will be most successful

Psychology

Who is generally recognized as the founder of American psychology?

a. Hall b. James c. Wundt d. Freud e. Watson

Psychology

The best analogy of the network theory of memory organization is:

A. a fabric (associations) made of thousands of threads (nodes) lined up in the same direction B. a circle that has no starting point (nodes) and no ending point (associations) C. a refrigerator that has food (nodes) stacked on shelves (associations) D. a map with cities (nodes) interconnected by roads (associations)

Psychology

A consequence of long-term untreated infection by otitis media is

a. obsessive concern with taste and smell sensations. b. hearing loss, with retarded language development. c. blurry vision that retards the child's reading. d. compulsive viewing of television shows.

Psychology