An educator who provides an open education and encourages children to explore their environment is most likely to believe in children as:
a. passive. c. discontinuous.
b. continuous. d. active.
Question 2According to Piaget, the preoperational stage of cognitive development lasts from about age ___ to age ____.
a. 1; 3 c. 3; 6
b. 2; 5 d. 2; 7
Question 3Is development continuous or discontinuous?
a. continuous
b. discontinuous
c. the answer to this is not known
d. both continuous and discontinuous - it may depend on what aspect of development is being studied
Question 4According to Piaget, the preoperational stage of cognitive development:
a. is characterized by sensorimotor intelligence.
b. involves the use of abstract reasoning.
c. lasts from approximately age 2 to age 7.
d. all of these
Question 5Which theorist would answer the continuity-discontinuity debate by saying that development is discontinuous, with maturational processes of the nervous system allowing cognitive development?
a. Piaget c. Erikson
b. Freud d. Watson
Question 6The nature/nurture debate is concerned with:
a. the question of why genes are more influential in development than environment.
b. the question of why the environment is more important in development than evolution.
c. the relationship(s) between genetics, environment, and human development.
d. the claim that females are more intelligent for genetic reasons.
Question 7Which of the various ethnic groups are projected to grow the fastest between the year 2000 and the year 2050?
a. European Americans and African Americans
b. European Americans and Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
c. European Americans and Latino & Latina Americans
d. Latino & Latina Americans and African Americans