According to Piaget, _____ involves a plan of action, based on previous experiences, to be used in similar circumstances

a) a scheme
b) assimilation
c) conventional thinking
d) the law of conservation


Answer: a

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steady cognitive decline. b. It is unusual for mild neurocognitive disorder to occur in someone over 80. c. It is unusual for mild neurocognitive disorder to involve speech aphasia. d. It is unusual for mild neurocognitive disorder to have a sudden onset.

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The observation that older adults often become nostalgic for the "good old days" reflects the self-image hypothesis, which states that

a. life in a society gets more complicated and difficult as generations pass. b. memory for life events is enhanced during the time we assume our life identities. c. people tend to remember more of the positive events in their lives than negative ones. d. our memories change as we live longer and have more "lifetime periods" to draw events from.

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A subjective means of collecting data is to _____ as a more objective means of collecting data is to _____

a. checklists; narrative records b. a static checklist; an action checklist c. narrative records; checklists d. an action item; a static item

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The country with the lowest infant mortality rates for the selected nations in Figure 4.2 is

A) Mexico B) Iceland C) Hungary D) Spain

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