A two-year-old child's family has a pet rabbit. When the family visits the zoo, the child sees a hamster for the first time and calls it a rabbit because of the physical features that are common to a rabbit and a hamster. According to Piaget, which cognitive process will most likely modify the child's understanding?
A) Stimulation
B) Attribution
C) Accommodation
D) Equilibration
C
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Some children show gains in IQ during their school years. Which factor appears to be the primary cause of such gains?
a. Strict child rearing practices b. Relaxed child rearing practices c. Parents who foster achievement d. Effective schools
In operant conditioning, shaping involves:
a. positively reinforcing desired responses and negatively reinforcing undesired responses b. demonstrating a response and then reinforcing the behavior when it occurs c. reinforcing successive approximations to the desired behavior d. switching to classical conditioning once a behavior is established
The corollary that people not only anticipate events but that they may differ from one another in their anticipations is an example of:
a. fragmentation b. organization c. choice d. individuality
Emily is currently experiencing the most severe of the disorders of consciousness (DOCs). In what state would we find her?
a) Emily would be deceased. b) Emily would be in a coma. c) Emily would be in a persistent vegetative state. d) Emily would be in an ephemeral vegetative state.