Formal schooling seems necessary for the development of __________, which occurs only

during the __________ period of cognitive development.

a. empathy; concrete operational
b. abstract reasoning; formal operational
c. symbolic reasoning; preoperational
d. deferred imitation; preoperational
e. language; preoperational


b. abstract reasoning; formal operational

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In his study of insomnia, Galen used:

a. a control group. b. a double-blind procedure. c. a single-case experiment. d. randomization.

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John makes his bed every morning before going to school because, when he does, his mother gives him a dollar to spend at school. John is at which stage of moral development, according to Kohlberg?

a. conventional b. preconventional c. moral realism d. postconventional

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Hunter is a fan of the Boston Celtics basketball team. With little provocation, he will engage his friends in a debate about whether it is the greatest team in basketball. Hunter may be demonstrating __________.

A. bias B. critical thinking C. an eclectic approach D. unconscious behavior

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A cognitive scientist has subjects learn a list of words, recording how many trials they need to do so. Two weeks later, the subjects again try to memorize the list, and the number of trials they take to achieve mastery is recorded

The difference between the number of trials in the first attempt and the number of trials in the second attempt is known as which of the following? a) The savings scor b) The difference score c) The recall score d) The efficiency score

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