In the above situation, the lack of effect of the different arrangements of the pennies on the total number is referred to as the __________________________ in the psychological structure of the operation.
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Ques. 2One of the reasons given by the child that the number in the circle is the same as it was in the row is that the circle can be returned to a row of pennies. This reason is evidence of what important characteristic of operational thinking? _______________.
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Ques. 3Six months later, when faced with the above penny situation, he states the number in each row has not changed. When asked to predict the number of pennies if the rows were changed into a circle, he states 5 and provides reasons. The process involved in the child's thinking that occurred between the first and second encounters with the pennies is referred to as _____________________________
___________________.
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Ques. 4Current research on the phenomenon of insight indicates the importance of
a. incubation and independent research.
b. mental overview and verification.
c. mental preparation and incubation.
d. studying with one mentor.
Ques. 5Implications for assessment that stem from Piagetian theory include
a. an academic skills focus for preschoolers.
b. an emphasis on exploring students' rationales in thinking.
c. providing adequate instructional support of challenging material.
d. providing convergent thinking tasks.
Ques. 6Necessary knowledge differs from simply true knowledge in that it
a. describes essential relations between events.
b. develops through identifying observable Information.
c. does not require causal explanations.
d. does not require deduction and universality.
Ques. 7All of the following scenarios involve construction in learning except
a. Alison thinks it rains because the clouds are sad and crying.
b. A teacher asks her students to practice their multiplication tables every day so they can recite them easily and quickly.
c. A teacher has her students look up common prefixes and create their own words using the prefixes.
d. When George watches the evening news he concludes that the concern for the environment is exaggerated.
Ques. 8According to the Gestalt psychologists, insight refers to
a. perception of a dynamic visual field.
b. perception of disparate stimulus elements.
c. recognition of stimuli as organized wholes.
d. reorganization of the perceptual field.
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