Although 8-year-old Claire can easily arrange sticks of differing lengths from shortest to tallest. She cannot solve the following problem: "Jack is taller than Sam, and Sam is taller than Max
Who is the tallest?" This is because Claire's concrete mental operations work poorly with
A) abstract ideas.
B) logical constructs.
C) everyday decision making.
D) organized thoughts.
A
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Noam Chomsky used the term __________ to describe structures and processes in the brain that are specifically designed for learning language.
A. phoneme perception B. language acquisition device C. telegraphic speech D. overextension
It has been found that humans ________
a. are sensitive to almost the entire range of electromagnetic energy. b. can hear sounds that are two octaves beyond the range of bats. c. are one of the few species that can see ultraviolet light. d. can see a candle flame on a clear, dark night from 30 miles away.
Margaret's parents refuse to talk to her if she displeases them in any way. They tell her younger brother that Margaret is a big disappointment to them if she gets any grade below a B. Margaret's parents are using which of the following discipline techniques?
A. deduction B. induction C. love withdrawal D. power assertion
In a factorial design in which the factors are crossed,
a. each of the factors has more than two levels. b. each of the factors has a different number of levels. c. each level of one factor occurs with each level of the other factor. d. there are more levels than conditions.