Evidence in support of Piaget's view of advances in mental representation includes the fact that ________.
A. before acquiring language skills, children have only a limited understanding of categories
B. children's first words have a strong sensorimotor basis
C. children show greater cognitive skills when tasks are relevant to their everyday lives
D. preschool children can be trained to perform well on Piagetian problems
Answer: B
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Stewart, who is 2 years old, recently suffered a brain injury which resulted in him losing the ability to comprehend language. Given what we know about brain plasticity and age, we might assume that a. Stewart may also lose the ability to speak language. b. other parts of Stewart's brain may be able assume the functions lost due to injury. c. Stewart may regain the ability to comprehend
language when he reaches adolescence and his brain hasgreater plasticity. d. due to redundancy of neural connections, Stewart will never recover from the injury.
According to Bowlby, the key change in parent/child attachments during childhood involves
a. more socialize efforts by the child and less by the parent. b. the child's abandonment of the notion of the parent as a safe haven when frightened. c. a more goal-directed partnership. d. a reduction in the child attempting to negotiate when ritualistic events (e.g., reading a book) occur.
Individuals with an internal locus of control are more likely to have:
a. low self-esteem b. high self-efficacy c. high self-confidence d. low self-efficacy
According to Holland, investigative people, who are abstract in their thinking and creative, gravitate towards occupations in which fields?
a. unskilled labor and skilled trades c. government and social organizations b. teaching and counseling d. college teaching and research positions