What evidence do we have that children move from being passive mechanical reactors to the world to active, purposeful seekers and organizers of information?
a. Intentional action replaces "capture".
b. Systematic searches replace unsystematic searches.
c. Attention becomes selective.
d. All represent ways children become more active in perceptual development.
d
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Regarding the contributions of William Tuke to the treatment of the mentally ill, which of the following is true?
A. He established the York Retreat, a residential house for the mentally ill that battled against brutality and ignorance, and incorporated the religious beliefs of the Quakers. B. Tuke's York Retreat was fashioned after the Christian belief that all people are creatures of God and must be treated with care. C. He introduced trained nurses to head mental health nursing staffs. D. He decried the practice of chaining mental patients in dark dungeons, instead favoring the use of straightjackets and placing them in brightly lit rooms.
Aristotle postulated ____ as the mechanism that coordinates information from the five senses.
a. the mind b. the soul c. the entelechy d. common sense
According to Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory, the stage of sex-typing at which a girl first recognizes that she can never become a father is
a. gender stability. b. basic gender identity. c. gender consistency. d. gender intensification.
Children in the middle years have less trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers
Indicate whether the statement is true or false