Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of the way children understand the world are mental structures called
a) assimilation.
b) accommodation.
c) schemes.
d) memory.
c
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Suppose that you know a woman who receives a low salary as a secretary, despite the fact that she works long hours and her job requires complex work. However, she tells you that she thinks her salary is appropriate. She is apparently demonstrating
a. entitlement. b. the glass ceiling. c. comparable worth. d. denial of personal disadvantage.
A chi-square test for independence is used to evaluate the relationship between two variables. If both variables are classified into 2 categories, then what is the df value for the chi-square statistic?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. Cannot determine the value of df from the information provided
Piaget's research has been criticized in all these aspects EXCEPT for
a. overreliance on cross-sectional comparisons of data from large-sample cohort groups. b. giving too little attention to sociocultural influences. c. underestimating competence levels from performance tests. d. being vague about the transition across stages.
In the process of shaping, behaviors are ordered in terms of increasing similarity to the desired response. These behaviors are called _____________
a) primary reinforcers b) successive approximations c) secondary reinforcers d) unconditioned stimuli