Erik knows that the Saint Bernard is a large dog instead of a little pony. This is an example of what Piaget called ________

a. accommodation
b. assimilation
c. conservation
d. egocentric thinking


a

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a. ?how to parallel park, whether driving his own car or one owned by a friend b. ?how to find his way about in his home town c. ?how to check the oil level or what an oil filter is used for d. ?who taught him to drive a standard shift or how old he was when he learned

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Humane treatment for the mentally ill was brought about by the work of which of the following, who literally unchained the "patients" in a European asylum in 1793?

a. Victor Frankl b. Philippe Pinel c. Fritz Perls d. Joseph Wolpe

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Western religion often associates an afterlife with the concept of

a. materialism b. reincarnation c. heaven and hell d. transmigration of souls e. nirvana

Psychology

A child who prefers to look at a film showing an activity that matches the sounds he is hearing rather than a film showing an activity discrepant with the sounds he is hearing is displaying

a. intermodal perception. c. perceptual differentiation. b. categorical perception. d. unimodal perception.

Psychology