Four-month-old Annabelle takes her mother’s keys and puts them in her mouth, much as she does her pacifier. Annabelle’s treatment of the keys demonstrates which concept of Piaget’s theory?
a) assimilation
b) accommodation
c) organization
d) conditioning
Answer: a
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A. extended action potentials in siphon sensory neurons, which result in the release of greater than normal amounts of neurotransmitter at synapses with gill motor neurons. B. extended action potentials in siphon sensory neurons, which result in the release of less than normal amounts of neurotransmitter at synapses with gill motor neurons. C. shortened action potentials in siphon sensory neurons, which result in the release of greater than normal amounts of neurotransmitter at synapses with gill motor neurons D. shortened action potentials in siphon sensory neurons, which result in the release of less than normal amounts of neurotransmitter at synapses with gill motor neurons.
Which of the following sequences best describes the pathway of auditory signals through the brain?
A. cochlea, auditory nerve, brainstem nuclei, inferior colliculi, lateral geniculate nucleus, auditory cortex B. cochlea, auditory nerve, brainstem nuclei, inferior colliculi, medial geniculate nucleus, auditory cortex C. cochlea, auditory nerve, inferior colliculi, medial geniculate nucleus, auditory cortex D. cochlea, auditory nerve, brainstem nuclei, superior colliculi, medial geniculate nucleus, auditory cortex