Which of the following research findings regarding cognitive development is a challenge to Piaget's theory?
a. Children actively interpret their worlds, using their developing abilities to assimilate new information and figure things out.
b. Abstract reasoning is one of the last cognitive skills to develop fully.
c. New reasoning abilities depend on the emergence of previous abilities.
d. Cognitive abilities develop in overlapping waves rather than in discrete steps.
D
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A. reject the influence of early development on later development B. focus on opposing forces or conflicts within the psyche (mind) C. focus on the role of punishment and reinforcement in maintaining behavior D. focus on the role of evolutionary adaptations
A general statement about the relation between two or more variables is called a:
A) hypothesis B) law C) theory D) construct
For regression purposes, it is customary to assign X to the variable we are predicting from
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The phenomenon in which people typically cannot recall any events from before the age of three is called ________
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.