Piaget believed that infants under the age of one year cannot use internal representations and have no memory of people and objects that are out of sight. Such abilities, he believed, emerge only after
a. a child becomes less egocentric.
b. a long period of sensorimotor development.
c. speech has progressed beyond its earliest stages.
d. a child develops reversibility.
A
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Which statement about contemporary views of Piaget's work is true?
A. Most contemporary researchers would say that they are following Piaget's tradition. B. Piaget's work is largely ignored today. C. It is necessary to understand Piaget's theory in order to grasp current research. D. Piaget did so much research on children's cognitive development that there is nothing left for other researchers to study.
Which structure functions as a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres?
a. the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis b. the central sulcus c. the corpus callosum d. the putamen
Applying language rules to cases in which the rule is not appropriate defines the concept of
a. joint attention. b. overregularization. c. telegraphic speech. d. holophrasing.
A theory cannot be precise if it is testable
Indicate whether the statement is true or false