During which cognitive stage do children learn to think symbolically and to use language, although their thinking will still be very intuitive?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operational
d. formal operational
B
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a. a period of physiological activation b. a period of physiological replenishment c. an individual's active decision to combat stress d. a period when an individual is least susceptible to stress
The dependent measure "bits" is a measure of
a. information. b. stimulus intensity. c. stimulus duration. d. the time required by a processing stage.
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a) menopause b) midlife c) adolescence d) illness
One criticism of Piaget’s cognitive development theory is the culmination of thinking with the formal operational stage. Instead it has been proposed that flexible thinking, not based only on pure logic, emerges during early adulthood. This thinking
reflects the fact that reasons behind events in the real world are subtle and is referred to as __________ thinking. a) postlogic b) inductive c) postformal d) postductive