Ben has learned how to ride a tricycle. His parents buy him a two-wheeled bike with training wheels. He gets right on the new bike and begins to ride after practicing using the brakes (which his tricycle did not have). He even comments to his parents, "my trike doesn't have brakes!" Piaget would say that ben has related his knowledge about how to ride a tricycle to learning to ride a new bike. What has ben done with this knowledge of bike riding?

What will be an ideal response


Answer: Organized his knowledge of bike riding

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a. Sweating of the vaginal walls b. Expansion of the cervix c. Release of fluid by the Grafenberg spot d. Release of mucus from the ovaries

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Carla is a psychologist who studies the mental processes of people as they are presented information about new policies for environmental conservation. She studies how the new information is taken in, how it is processed, and how it changes people's perceptions of conservation methods. Carla most likely takes the ____ approach to psychology.?

a. ?biological b. ?behavioral c. ?psychodynamic d. ?cognitive

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Which of the following is a statement more likely to come from someone low in authoritarianism?

A. What our country needs is more discipline, with everyone following our leaders in unity.  B. Our country desperately needs a mighty leader who will do what has to be done to destroy the radical new ways and sinfulness that are ruining us C. What our country needs is someone willing to abandon tradition and try new things to move the country forward. D. The only way our country can get through the crisis ahead is to get back to our traditional values

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