Babies first begin to interact with other infants at the age of about
a. birth.
b. one week.
c. two months.
d. six months.
Question 2Evaluate Piaget's view that cognitive development occurs in stages. Draw from material presented throughout the chapter on cognition (and anything appropriate from in-class material).
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Question 3A popular, outgoing child who enjoys being the life of the party is strong on the trait of
a. psychological androgyny.
b. aptitude-treatment interaction.
c. sociability.
d. controversy.
Question 4Piaget described the preoperational child as an egocentric, animistic thinker. He also believed the preoperational child to be incapable of conservation. Describe Piaget's basis for his conclusions, and explain why current developmentalists believe preoperational children to be more cognitively capable than Piaget maintained.
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Question 5____ refers to the child's interest in interacting with others and to get their attention or approval.
a. Sociometry
b. Cooperative learning
c. Theory of mind
d. Sociability
Question 6Describe the three major acquisitions that mark the culmination of the sensorimotor period. What is common to all three acquisitions?
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Question 7While a child matures, interactions with child companions ______, and/but interactions with adult companions ______.
a. increase; increase
b. increase; decrease
c. decrease; increase
d. decrease; decrease
Question 8Piaget defined intelligence as adaptive behavior. He maintained that two complementary processes, assimilation and accommodation, are involved in every interaction and that when these two processes are in equilibrium, behavior will be adaptive. Describe the processes of assimilation and accommodation, and give an example of each.
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