According to Piaget, children and adults learn by interacting with their environments and organizing what they learn into ______.

A. critical stages
B. conceptual webs
C. cognitive schemas
D. categorical dimensions


Answer: C

Psychology

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Concerning blended families, a. children in blended families tend to experience fewer incidence of depression but more anxiety

b. the likelihood of divorce is slightly lower than for first marriages. c. children often fear that the step-parent will disturb their relationship with the biological parent. d. noncustodial fathers tend to maintain closer contact with their children.

Psychology

Derek's father told him he would have to scrub the bathrooms

twice a week and wash the dishes every night for three weeks because Derek brought home a poor report card. In terms of operant conditioning, the specific technique Derek's father is employing is _____ punishment.

Psychology

The fact that in the 19th century many American girls were not taught about menarche reflected the view that girls

a. should be seen and not heard. b. need more access to higher education. c. have limited intellectual capacity to understand biology. d. should remain innocent from sexual knowledge.

Psychology

Jana is working on her car in the garage because it is cold outside. She begins to feel sleepy and nods off. Just then her father comes into the garage and tells her she forgot to shut off the kerosene heater, and she is lucky to be alive. She exclaims that she did not smell any fumes. Briefly explain how her olfactory system let her down in this instance.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology