A child in the preoperational stage cannot understand a family tree, but a child in the concrete operational stage can. Piaget claims that this is because a child in the concrete operational stage can
A. memorize better.
B. reason intuitively.
C. classify things.
D. think abstractly.
Answer: C
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A. neuropsychological assessment B. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) C. computed tomography (CT) D. functional electroencephalograms (EEGs)
Both brains and computers have the ability to store memories, with one critical difference. What is this difference?
a. ?A brain stores exact copies of data, whereas a computer stores bits of data that are reconstructed later for use. b. ?A computer’s stored information is always retrievable, whereas a brain’s stored information is frequently irretrievable. c. ?A brain’s stored information is always retrievable, whereas a computer’s stored information is occasionally irretrievable. d. ?A computer stores exact copies of data, whereas a brain stores bits of data that are reconstructed later for use.
Older adults tend to use "top-down" problem-solving strategies
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Working memory is the same thing as
a. short-term memory. b. sensory memory. c. echoic memory. d. iconic memory.