After five decades of follow-up research, developmental scientists now agree that _____
a. Piaget accurately described the limitations of preschoolers’ thinking
b. Piaget’s theory has no merit
c. Piaget underestimated young children’s cognitive competence, and development is more gradual and continuous than Piaget thought
d. Piaget was correct when he claimed that children as young as 2 could perform well on conservation tasks
Answer: C
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a. ?Tim-Tim can do conservation tasks if trained appropriately. b. ?Tim-Tim can use symbols. c. ?Tim-Tim can play pretend. d. ?Tim-Tim can find an object hidden under a cover.
Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, was convicted of more than 40 counts of child sexual assault. His crimes occurred over a span of more than 10 years. Although Penn State administrators knew of his behavior, they failed to act. At one point, another coach witnessed an assault, but only reported it to the head coach, who in turn only reported it to his superior. The other coaches who felt they had done their duty by passing the information up the chain demonstrates a
A. diffusion of responsibility. B. euphemistic labeling. C. dehumanization. D. advantageous comparison.
According to the APA if researchers discover significant errors in their published data they should
A) ignore these as it is too late at that point to do anything about it. B) try to correct these errors by means of a published correction or retraction. C) wait until their next piece of research is published and correct the errors at that time. D) just let other researchers discover their errors because science is self-correcting.
According to learning theory, the development of an anxiety disorder may be related to _____, while the maintenance of that disorder may be related to _____.
A. operant conditioning; imitation and modeling B. vicarious learning; operant conditioning C. classical conditioning; operant conditioning D. classical conditioning; imitation and modeling